“There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.”

“The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite.”

“Most people do not mind having a house that is smaller and/or a car that is cheaper than their neighbours, as long as they each earn and have more money than their neighbours, and, equally importan...”

“We have glorified wealth and freedom so much that it is impossible for most of us to truly believe that a man can truly be happy in a shack or within the confines of a prison cell.”

“Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves and other animals.”

“Plagiarism is the fear of a blank page.”

“Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, youd get dressed up in a nurses outfit and give me a sponge bath?" asked Jace."It was Simon who promised you the sponge bath.""...”

“have you killed me, false thief?”

“Even dirty water has a bath”

“One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene.”