Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place, indeed.
Bill BrysonAmerica is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls.
Bill BrysonThere is no reason why we shouldn't be able to split an infinitive, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans.
Bill Bryson