“All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.”

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”

“Democracy is even more important for what it prevents than for what it provides.”

“The childish urge to understand everything doesn't necessarily fade when the time approaches for you to do the most adult thing of all: vanish.”

“Apparently Burgess shares the gutter press assumption that those who achieve fame should be made to suffer from it.”

“Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.”

“There is a light within our soul that burns brighter than the sun. And we ignore it.”

“It's not much. You begin by thinking there is something extraordinary about it. But you'll find out, when you've been out in the world a while longer, unhappiness is the commonest thing there is.”

“A man can gasp out his life beside you-and you feel none of it. Pity, Sympathy, sure-but you don't feel the pain. Your belly is whole and that's what counts. A half-yard away someone's world is snu...”

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”

“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”