Welcome to Night Vale, episode 65 - Voicemail

You have reached the voicemail of Cecil Gershwin Palmer. That might seem like an easy thing to do, but think about how long you had to stay alive just to learn how a phone works and who I am. Congratulate yourself on that. Give yourself a vigorous pat on the back, and... don't forget to leave a message after the heavily distorted sample of a man saying "I just couldn't eat another bite."

Povero Charlie Brown!

Quand’ero giovane ogni notte ululavo alla luna… Ero ignorante e primitivo, allora… eppure mi divertivo… Adesso sono sempre ignorante e non mi diverto affatto.
Snoopy

Welcome to Night Vale, episode 62.5 - The Librarian

Today's proverb: To quote the great Herman Melville, "call me."

Death in Paradise, season 1

I’m a police officer and I want a cup of tea!
Richard Poole

The most powerful weapon

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela

Madame Bovary

Eravamo nell’aula adibita allo studio, quando il preside entrò, seguito da un nuovo vestito in abiti borghesi e da un bidello che portava un grande banco. Quelli che dormivano si svegliarono, e tutti si alzarono, come sorpresi nel mezzo del loro lavoro.
[incipit]

Guards! Guards!

They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they wanted to.
This book is dedicated to those fine men.

(Terry Pratchett in the Dedication)