„They could hardly believe it, the retreating arses of all that Mameluke or Turkish cavalry, heathen anyway, crying heathen words as they cantered off in gunsnioke and dust-clouds, dropping spears and jewels and good Birmingham pistols. And soon it was water water water, a world of blessed water, the muddy stinking welcoming mother Nile near Rahmaniya.“

— Anthony Burgess

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„They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.“
— Terry Pratchett