Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do, we do! Who keeps Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps? We do, we do! — Ancient Conspiracy - Television Tropes & Idioms
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger. — Travels with Charley: In Search of America, John Steinbeck (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. — Catch-22, Joseph Heller (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts. — To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
There is no final one; revolutions are infinite. — We, Yevgeny Zamyatin (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)