The Cuban Affair
“It is the deep, salty stickiness of food that intrigues me more than any other quality.”
Nigel Slater (1958) English food writer, journalist and broadcaster
The Guardian, London, Not roquette science, 2005-10-29, 2010-05-20 http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/houseandgarden/0,,1602953,00.html,
“No story in English literature has intrigued me more than Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.”
Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman
It fascinated me the first time I read it as a schoolboy and as soon as I possibly could after I started making animated cartoons, I acquired the film rights to it. People in his period had no time to waste on triviality, yet Carroll with his nonsense and fantasy furnished a balance between seriousness and enjoyment which everybody needed then and still needs today.
American Weekly (1946)
“Were I a real master of intrigue, I would not have the reputation for being a master of intrigue.”
John C. Wright (1961) American novelist and technical writer
Source: Fugitives of Chaos (2006), Chapter 17, “The Ire of the Heavens” (p. 260)
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) La bellezza di una donna ti attrae, la sua intelligenza ti affascina, la simpatia ti incuriosisce, ma la difficoltà ad averla ti seduce.
Source: prevale.net
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
On peut trouver des femmes qui n'ont jamais eu de galanterie; mais il est rare d'en trouver qui n'en aient jamais eu qu'une.
Maxim 73.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“A witty woman is a devil at intrigue.”
Molière (1622–1673) French playwright and actor
Une femme d'esprit est un diable en intrigue.
L'École des Femmes (1662), Act III, sc. iii
“Comedy is easy. Intrigue is hard.”
John C. Wright (1961) American novelist and technical writer
Source: Fugitives of Chaos (2006), Chapter 3, “Circuitous Acts” (p. 52)
