Death on the Installment Plan

It was in the bag ... We'd have all the treasures of the Armada right in our laps ... We'd only have to bend down to pick them up
Death on the Installment Plan - L.F. Céline

The Idiot

"she didn't look back; it was as if she didn't give a fig whether anyone was coming after her or not"
The Idiot - F. Dostoevsky

Thoughts on The Nature of Things

If any one were to say, then, that air could be made out of water, or water, again, out of air, I should listen to him; but should he say, that a like quantity of water could be made into a like quantity of air, I should not listen.
Thoughts on the Nature of Things - F. Bacon