fineillsignup:

I was listening to the BBC Radio 4 reading of The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton (10/10 book, highly recommended by both me and Neil Gaiman, keep in mind it is a 19th century book but the imagery alone is worth the read), and the following quote struck me:

“The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. He sees how much more valuable is one burst of blazing light, one peal of perfect thunder, than the mere common bodies of a few shapeless policemen. An artist disregards all governments, abolishes all conventions. The poet delights in disorder only.”

And I was like… oh my goodness, Lucian Gregory is Deidara!

(The book itself is also public domain and can be downloaded in various formats via Project Gutenberg.)