“I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think, more than any other book made me want to be a writer, 'cause it was the first time that I hadn't just entered a book, but a book had entered me.” ThinkingWantYearsFirstsMadeBookMomentsCausesCrimeParticularFirst TimePunishmentCrime And Punishment Author:Ron Rash
“The sense of tragedy is that the world is not a pleasant little nest made for our protection, but a vast and largely hostile environment, in which we can achieve great things only by defying the gods; and that this defiance inevitably brings its own punishment.” WorldLittlesMadeEnvironmentAchieveTragedyProtectionPunishmentGreat ThingsPleasantHostileNestsDefianceDefyingHostile Environment Book:The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society Source: The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society
“Every libel, which is called famosus libellus, is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be against a private man, it deserves a severe punishment.” IfsMenPersonsMadeDeservePunishmentSevereLibel Author:Edward Coke