Source: Paths to Otherwhere (1996), Ch. 1
Context: Sometimes Hugh Brenner thought he'd been born on the wrong planet. It seemed as obvious as anything could be that people achieved more when they learned to get along than they did when they fought over things. If they put as much time and energy into fixing problems instead of blaming each other for being the problem, there wouldn't be any problems left. So far they'd had two full-dress rehearsals for wiping out what passed as civilization. This time it looked as if things might be leading up to the real performance.
The World Set Free (1914)
Context: Nothing could have been more obvious to the people of the early twentieth century than the rapidity with which war was becoming impossible. And as certainly they did not see it. They did not see it until the atomic bombs burst in their fumbling hands.
Interview with Louis Theroux on Weird Weekends (2 June 1999)
"The Sport of Counting Each Other Out" The New York Times (1967-11-02)
Source: Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic
“Just when I thought things couldn’t get any stranger, I was proven wrong.”
Source: The Graveyard Game (2001), Chapter 23, “Irún del Mar, Basque Republic” (p. 201)
“He'd been an angel once. He hadn't meant to Fall. He'd just hung around with the wrong people.”
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Source: The House at Pooh Corner (1928), Chapter Six - "In which Pooh invents a new game and Eeyore joins in".
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh
