Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it, the Great Leg Pull. Apollo has the best claim, but a sizeable minority support Pluto, ex-God of the Dead, on the grounds that he has a really sick sense of humour. How would it be, suggested the unidentified god, if first we tell them all to love their neighbour, pack in the killing and thieving, and be nice to each other. Then we let them start burning heretics.
There is that within a man that drives him ever onwards, just as the power of the seasons drives the roots of flowers into the hard earth; and so he … - Tom Holt
There is that within a man that drives him ever onwards, just as the power of the seasons drives the roots of flowers into the hard earth; and so he …
- Tom Holt
Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it. - Tom Holt
Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.
After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something giv… - Tom Holt
After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something giv…
Descartes' immortal conclusion cogito ergo sum was recently subjected to destruction testing by a group of graduate researchers at Princeton led by P… - Tom Holt
Descartes' immortal conclusion cogito ergo sum was recently subjected to destruction testing by a group of graduate researchers at Princeton led by P…
Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try. - Tom Holt
Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.
Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant. - Tom Holt
Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant.
Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever. - Tom Holt
Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.
It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying… - Tom Holt
It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying…
In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy. - Tom Holt
In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.
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