"The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less."

-- Shane Claiborne

“The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.”

Source : Richard K. Morgan (2007). “Thirteen”, p.245, Del Rey
“Somehow, you can achieve a directness in the novel that you can't get anywhere else.”
“A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose.”
“I've heard that the best way to help poor people is to make sure you don't become one of them”
“With 300 Marines you could probably take over Iraq if you wanted to and get rid of ISIS completely.”
“The footnote would seem to be the smallest detail in a work of history. Yet it carries a large burden of responsibility, testifying to the validity of the work, the integrity (and the humility) of the historian, and to the dignity of the discipline.”

Source : Gertrude Himmelfarb (1995). “On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society”, Vintage
“My movie [The Neon Demon] is a hyper-version of the obsession with beauty. As this crazy obsession grows, longevity does not. Everything seems to become younger and younger. The girls and people around them cannibalize themselves.”
“The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.”

Source : A J P Taylor (1974). “The First World War: An Illustrated History”, p.15, Penguin UK

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