Acknowledgements, Lakshmi Kapoor

"Mr. Marx does not believe in God, but he believes deeply in himself. His heart is filled not with love but with rancour. He has very little benevolence toward men and becomes... furious and... spiteful... when anyone dares question the omniscience of the divinity whom he adores, that is to say, Mr. Marx himself." Mikhail Bakunin

"Civilised men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
Robert E. Howard, The Tower of the Elephant

"The helicopter is probably the most versatile instrument ever invented by man. It approaches closer than any other vehicle to fulfillment of mankind’s ancient dreams of the flying horse and the magic carpet.”
Ihor Sikorsky