“That's as it should be, they tell us. A certain percentage, they tell us, must every year go, that way, to the… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“A percentage! What splendid words they have; they are so scientific, so consolatory… Once you've said 'percentage' there's nothing more to worry… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
It's such a pleasure to write down splendid words—almost as though one were inventing them. — Rupert Hart-Davis Copy Share Image