Started: August 15, 2025
Finished: August 20, 2025
You say you are a poet of law; I say you are a contradiction in terms
‘Why is it,’ he asked vaguely, ‘that I think you are quite a decent fellow? Why do I positively like you, Gregory?’ He paused a moment, and then added with a sort of fresh curiosity, ‘Is it because you are such an ass?
Being surrounded with every conceivable kind of revolt from infancy, Gabriel had to revolt into something, so he revolted into the only thing left – sanity.
‘Do you understand,’ said the other, ‘that this is a tragedy?’ ‘Perfectly,’ replied Syme; ‘always be a comic in a tragedy.’