Bluebear Quotes

“I could hear it from far away, that sound which only very big cities can produce: a sound consisting of all sounds rolled into one: the hum of voices and the cries of animals, bells ringing and the chink of coins, children's laughter and hammers beating metal, knives and forks clattering and a thousand doors slamming - the grandiose sound of life, of birth and death, itself.”

“Life is too precious to be left to chance”

“On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum played by a drunk. ”

“I've never thought much of strictly organised and methodical study. You can't arrange a library in alphabetical order until you've collected one.”