The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. – Jules Verne Category: Nature
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. – Aristotle Category: Nature
I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services. – John le Carre Category: War
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. – Roald Dahl Category: Freedom