Death and disease only made her more amorous — eager to forget the bad parts of life and to enjoy good flesh while it lasted.
Neal Stephenson: The System of the World
Pandeblenkung.
CastleGTD
In a continent that was now freckled with more or less embarrassing knock-offs of Versailles, the Leine Schloß was Proud to be Dowdy. [...]
But Sophie liked it that way. Versailles was a penitentiary for every person of consequence in France, and needed to be large. Herrenhausen was a place for getting things done, and needed to be small and tidy.
Neal Stephenson: The System of the World
Seltspräch.
On an arbitrary numerical scale of conversational oddness, ranging from one to ten, with ten being the oddest conversation I’ve ever had, and seven being the oddest conversation I have in a typical day, this rates no better than five.
Neal Stephenson: The System of the World
Logic4Peace.
As the world urgently needs more logic and rationality, Logic4Peace creates a platform for logicians from around the world [...]
Shared Date.
Love is like birthdays, you don't lose it just because someone else has the same.