Karl Kraus...April 28, 1874 – June 12, 1936

" There is no unhappier creature on earth than a fetishist who yearns to embrace a woman's shoe and has to embrace the whole woman "

George Orwell...25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950

" Who controls the past controls the future...who controls the present controls the past "

Mark Twain...November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910

of his wife, Lily

" After my marriage, she edited everything I wrote. And what is more, she not only edited my works; she edited me "

Chinese proverb

" There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result be twins "

Child

" There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it "