"But Russians, in their very nature, it seems, pass quickly from the highest enthusiam to complete dejection and distrust. They yield to their moods quite sincerely and go the whole way, entirely forgetting all moods preceding and opposite. They do not see any contradiction in such behaviour; or, if they do, they readily find excuses for it."

“Don't ask me about emotions in the Welsh dressing room. I'm someone who cries when he watches Little House on the Prairie.”

“Our soul, like Mary's body, is to receive God Himself if only we, like her, believe, consent and receive; if only we speak her truly magic word fiat, "let it be." It is the creative word, the word God used to create the universe.”

“This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.”

“Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and War.”

“Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom.”

Source : Mat Johnson (2011). “Pym: A Novel”, p.8, Spiegel & Grau

“Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.”

“It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.”

“We may fairly judge of the commercial prosperity of a country from the amount of sulphuric acid it consumes.”

Source : Justus von Liebig (1844). “Familiar Letters on Chemistry, and its relation to Commerce, Physiology, and Agriculture: Edited by John Gardner”, p.31