The more civilized we become, the more horrendous our entertainments.
Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint.
... the decades looked on and didn't notice her passing. They stared from their fixed mounts across at each other and didn't see revolution striding between them, on her way to destiny.
I am a forgettable leaf on a tree.
That's all I want- to do no harm.
...looking at him makes her feel like laughing all over - as if she could laugh not just with her mouth but with her eyes, her heart, her very limbs.