Quote by Laura Shapiro

“I again felt rather like an individual of but average gastronomical powers, sitting down to feast alone at a table spread with provisions for…

— Charlotte Brontë

“It was a little disappointing, really. As an inventor he could at least have had a hunchback assistant, or perhaps a metal one.”

— Kady Cross

“Was there anything quite so under-rated in this shallow, plastic, global-corporate, tall-skinny-late, kiddy-meal-and-free-toy, united-colours-of-fuck-you-too world, than a good old-fashioned, no-frills, retail blow-job?”

— Christopher Brookmyre

“No matter how advanced the technology, sometimes things just needed a good knock.”

— Anonymous

“Breathing, for example, was never taken for granted, since, half the time, thanks to the many chemical works and refineries, it was nearly impossible.”

— Mark Helprin

“We look on past ages with condescension, as a mere preparation for us…but what if we are a mere after-glow of them?”

— J.G. Farrell

“These kids today. Back then, we couldn't afford photosynthesis. We had to build oxygen from scratch with an atom smasher.”

— Tim Hensley

“It might sound fantastic, but when we bother to look, it’s hard to deny that our day-to-day choices shape the world.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Until Henry Ford saw the chance to get free publicity (making Sub-chasers) he thought submarines were something to eat.”

— Franklin Roosevelt

“My major flaw was that I was zealous optimist living in a world that possessed great potential to constantly disappoint.-Babette”

— Lisa-Scarlett Cruji