Charles Stross The Laundry Files
Not that there’s much difference.
Source: The Laundry Files, The Jennifer Morgue (2006), Chapter 11, “Destiny Entangled” (p. 222)
Song lyrics, Prayers on Fire (1981), Nick the Stripper
Charles Stross The Laundry Files
Not that there’s much difference.
Source: The Laundry Files, The Jennifer Morgue (2006), Chapter 11, “Destiny Entangled” (p. 222)
“A little, round, fat, oily man of God.”
James Thomson (poet) The Castle of Indolence
Canto I, Stanza 69.
The Castle of Indolence (1748)
“Look at that little fat chap. We’ll murder this lot.”
Ferenc Puskás (1927–2006) Hungarian-Spanish association football player
An unidentified, overconfident English player upon seeing Puskás before their England v Hungary (1953) encounter. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/18/sports/soccer/18puskas.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer
"And the Rock Cried Out" (1953), reprinted in The Day It Rained Forever (1959)
“I’d rather be short, fat, and ugly than take after that man. (Nick)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: Infinity
“Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal.”
Uma Thurman (1970) American actress and model
Interview with Laura Yorke. Reader's Digest. July 2006
Milo Yiannopoulos (1984) British journalist
Science Proves It: Fat-Shaming Works http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/07/05/fat-shaming-is-good-science/, Breitbart (5 July 2016) <br class="br">2016
Augustine Birrell (1850–1933) British politician
"Bookworms"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays