When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I've dodged, not just bullets, but 6mm shells.Tom Stoppard
I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely.Tom Stoppard
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.Honoré de Balzac
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!Honoré de Balzac
Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?Honoré de Balzac
The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.Mother Teresa