‘In that direction,’ the Cat said, waving its right paw round, ‘lives a Hatter: and in that direction,’ waving the other paw, ‘lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they’re both mad.’
‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked.
‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here. I’m [...]
“Breathe deep, boy. The smell of victory!”
“Smoke, shit and rotting flesh.”
“Beautiful, isn’t it? “
- Rome, season 2, “Phillipe”. A snippet from a post-battle conversation between Marc Anthony and Octavian.
“The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change [...]
Cosca raised his brows.
‘Honour, eh?
What the hell is that anyway? Every man thinks it’s something different.
You can’t drink it.
You can’t fuck it.
The more of it you have the less good it does you, and if you’ve got none at all you don’t miss it.’
He shook his head.
‘But some men think
it’s [...]