“What I've learnt - to my cost - on several occasions in my life, is that people will put up with all manner of bad behaviour so long as you're giving them what they want. They'll laugh and get into...”

“Of all the consumer products, chewing gum is perhaps the most ridiculous: it literally has no nourishment you just chew it to give yourself something to do with your stupid idiot Western mouth.Hal...”

“I hope it is not necessary for me to stress the platonic nature of our relationship- not platonic in the purest sense, there was no philosophical discourse, but we certainly didn't fuck, which is u...”

“I regret that I didnt realize that actually theyve got no power over you at school its all just a trick to indoctrinate you into being a conditioned, tame, placid citizen. Rebel, children, I urge ...”

“I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards.”

“A personality for the incredibly beautiful can be a pointless cargo...”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

“Despite centuries of English literature, the most famous split infinitive in all of history comes from Star Trek.”

“Cordelia glared at me. 'I expect if someone strapped you to table an swung an axe over your naked quivering flesh like The Pit and the Pendulum, you'd be correcting his grammar'.”