“Women are strange little beasts,' he said to Dr. Coutras. 'You can treat them like dogs, you can beat them till your arm aches, and still they love you.' He shrugged his shoulders. 'Of course, it is one of the most absurd illusions of Christianity that they have souls.”
“The humour of Dostoievsky is the humour of a barloafer who ties a kettle to a dog's tail.”
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