Emma

“I pray thee, peace. I will be flesh and blood,
For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently,
However they have writ the style of gods
And made a push at chance and sufferance.”
― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

“My greatest desire is my country's happiness, a happiness I would like to be owed to the mother country and the efforts of my fellow citizens, united with one another with eternal ties of common vigilance and common interests.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not).

“No one really loves the naked truth,” the old man replied. “It’s fine in theory, practical only in the dreams of youth. There is the schoolmaster, who shook things up in a vacuum, the heart of a child who only wanted to do good and ended up mocked and laughed at. You told me you are a stranger in your own land,”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“When you make your living beating people up, you have to account for the occasional victim who isn’t a pacifist.”
― E.F. Coleman, immechanica