Ka Calbert

“The Stock Exchange is something very different. There is no economy and no production of goods and services. There are only fantasies in which people from one hour to the next decide that this or that company is worth so many billions, more or less. It doesn't have a thing to do with reality or with the Swedish economy.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will; for wisdom never lies”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“Jean-Louis had never had a day's illness in his life. He was tall and as gnarled as an oak. The sun had baked his skin until it had the colour and toughness and stillness of a tree. With advancing years, he had lost his tongue. He now never spoke, considering such an activity pointless.”
― Émile Zola, The Attack on the Mill and Other Stories

“The best writers tend to look the roughest in photos. At least that's the excuse I use for why I look so bad in mine.”
― R.D. Ronald