Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Sci-Fi Wisdom of the Week


"Do you know how Florentine women ensure their husbands come home? Every morning they slip him a slow poison, and every evening the antidote. That way, when the husband spends the night away, he has a very bad night."

-Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

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