“No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sa...” — Cesare Beccaria Quote

“No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sake of the public good; such a chimera appears only in fiction. If it were possible, we would each prefer that the pacts binding others did not bind us; every man sees himself as the centre of all the world's affairs.”

“By 'justice', I understand nothing more than that bond which is necessary to keep the interest of individuals united, without which men would return to their original state of barbarity. All punishments which exceed the necessity of preserving this bond are, in their nature, unjust.”

“As both an essayist and science fiction and fantasy novelist, I write about and for the future. I talk about the past to remind us that what we believe has always been true - that men and women are somehow static categories, or that men in power has always been the default, or that same-sex love affairs were always taboo - has not always been thus.”

“Banks provide payment systems, core deposit and lending facilities that enable us to manage our day to day affairs.”

“My mum was more of an everyday kind of come-home-from school-cook and my dad, more of an event cook - he would make big flourishing affairs.”