If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation.Tom Stoppard
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 get the impression sometimes that a play arrives in a sequence of events that I have no control over.Tom Stoppard
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!Honoré de Balzac
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.Honoré de Balzac
