Has there ever been a revolution that produced something better than what it overthrew? The only thing people learn from being oppressed is how to op… - Kage Baker

Consigned to everlasting fire, said Nicholas in a faint voice. He had gone white as chalk.
No, you medieval imbecile! Edward clenched his fists. You still have no grasp of the truth, have you? Leave your angels and devils in the trash of history, where they belong.

I looked up at several pockmarks in the nearest wall; if they weren’t bullet holes, the place had damned big hailstones.

Imagine being told that it hadn’t mattered whether the Christians or the Moors got Spain! I can still remember my shock. I got over it fairly quickly, though, because by that time I had learned enough history to know that in the long run it never mattered a damn where any particular race of people planted its collective ass.