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“Y-naga: "That's the thing... It's like trying to find a guy who's a kid at heart but still a responsible adult, so he can be counted on when I find myself in a pinch, somebody who's a little wild a...”
“Humour is meant, in a literal sense, to make game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official dignity and hunt him like game.”
“Pumpkins are the only living organisms with triangle eyes.”
“Why save the rainforest, the whales, or the world when you can devote your time to saving syllables?”
“I'm not a detective from Baker Street or an old lady who solves crimes while she's knitting in an easy chair. I'm just a book girl. So I can't make a deduction, only take a flight of fancy--er, for...”
“...You haven't I suppose ever mixed with politicians at close quarters. They're awful...their stupidity is inhuman.”
“Need to get to Ruislip by sparrow-fart though', said the squadron leader. 'Think you can do that? Can I come along for the ride?”
“Dad instantly set out his stall:he wanted a big dog, a 'man dog',a dog that if it was human would enjoy a pint and stare at the barmaid's arse”
“Too BusyI've folded all my laundryand put it in the drawer.I've changed my linen, made my bed,and swept my bedroom floor. I've emptied out the garbageand fixed tomorrow's lunch.I've baked some cook...”
“We are getting older fatter and balder. Each day brings us one step closer to death. Other than that, life's a ding-a-derry.”
“How are you? My father could say this quicker than anybody. He was always the first to say how are you, provided the occasion called for it, and he saw his chance. Thanks to this skill, he was made...”
“After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it”
“philosophy is not suited for the masses, what they need is holiness.”
“Shall we proceed, and ought I do so with my knife drawn?Youd better keep it where it is for the moment, he said. Otherwise you might stab me to death accidentally. .If I stab you to death, she said...”
“Sometime later the islanders on a little rimward atoll were amazed to find, washed into their little local lagoon, the wave-rocked corpse of a hideous sea monster, all beaks, eyes and tentacles. Th...”
“Denis could think of no logical reason why he should not attempt to mate with Beth Cooper.There were no laws explicitly against it.They were of the same species, and had complementary sex organs, m...”
“-I love you, Lenny.-From the diaphragm.-What are you talking about?-You have to say it from the diaphragm. That's a muscle in here. Real deep, not from the throat. I tried to be an actor once and t...”
“The encapsulated bird your conspirators sent you to fetch. The sterilized male chicken with the Creator DNA sequences. The plot capon. Where is it?”
“He's got a chloroform-soaked rag in one hand, and before Judy realizes what's happening, the dude is all over her like fat on cheese.”
“...and thus he found his single source of joy in the society of other people: frightening the girls with his penis.”
