““Then the little Brazilian maid brought in their supper, which was the same as lunch and the same as breakfast--brown beans stewed with pigs’ trotters. Mr. Low dug about in it gloomily, looking for bits of gristle, and Mr. Trapwood found a dead ant on his plate. It seemed to be a perfectly clean ant, but he gagged and pushed his plate away. “This place is closer to hell on earth than anywhere I’ve been,” he said.””
![“[A wasp] was sucking jam on my plate, and I cut him in half. He paid no attention, merely went on with his meal, while a tiny stream of jam trickled out of his severed esophagus. Only when he tried to fly away did he grasp the dreadful thing that had happened to him.” quote by George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5e6/george-orwell-57_quote_a-wasp-was-sucking-jam-on-my-plate-and-i_966758.jpg)
![“The report [by a UN commission on Darfur] demonstrates beyond all doubt that the last two years have been little short of hell on earth for our fellow human beings in Darfur.” quote by Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e46/kofi-annan-799_darfur_the-report-by-a-un-commission-on-darfur_118457.jpg)
