“The real tragedy of the Library at Alexandria was not that the incendi...” — Arthur Quiller-Couch Quote

“The real tragedy of the Library at Alexandria was not that the incendiaries burned immensely, but that they had neither the leisure nor the taste to discriminate.”

“Will you tell me, 'Oh, painting is a special art, whereas anyone can write prose passably well'? Can he, indeed? ... Can you, sir? Nay, believe me, you are either an archangel or a very bourgeois gentleman indeed if you admit to having spoken English prose all your life without knowing it.”

“The more clearly you write, the more easily and surely you will be understood.”

“No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, people don't want handouts. They want purpose.”

“I was held in the Mazra Tora Prison for my role as leader of the pan-Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alexandria.”

“Alexandria Ocasio? I think she's dope.”