Tattooed_Mummy quoted Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett (A Discworld novel)
"May you live in interesting times" is the worst thing one can wish on a …
The Empire's got something worse than whips all right. It's got obedience. Whips in the soul. They obey anyone who tells them what to do. Freedom just means being told what to do by someone different.
— Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett (A Discworld novel)
