The English, I now know, eat mashed fish and deviled sheep's hearts to guarantee a bad digestion (and consequent irritability). It is their abominable cooking which has given them half the world as their Empire. (Michael Moorcock)

The English, I now know, eat mashed fish and deviled sheep's hearts to guarantee a bad digestion (and consequent irritability). It is their abominable cooking which has given them half the world as their Empire.

Michael Moorcock

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