No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the sum of his knowledge. — Ayn Rand
A scoundrel is an evil heliotrope turning always in the direction of the most powerful. — Umberto Eco
The abuse of cabmen in a block. — Juvenal
Our argument is not flatly circular, but something like it. It has the form, figuratively speaking, of a closed curve in space. — Willard Van Orman Quine
You say I resemble a flower; I partly agree; My brain is governed by black petals of burnt daisies — Anne Sexton