Upon my soul, this water tastes quite nice. I wonder what vintage now?… It tastes just like the year 1881 tasted. – G.K. Chesterton, The Flying Inn, 1914
I have seen the sea when it is strormy and wild; when it is quiet and serene; when it is dark and moody. And in all its moods, I see myself. – Martin D. Buxbaum (1912–1991), in Table Talk
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. – Chinua Achebe
