La bete humaine v. homo loquax

The whole business exudes irony so rich you can taste it. It tastes like marzipan.

- Tom Wolfe on Zola, et al., the 2006 Jefferson Lecture

Unfamous last words

We shall feel better in the morning.

- Emile Zola, to his wife, as they were being slowly gassed by a malfunctioning bedroom fireplace.