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How long, I wonder, will ignorance spell purity and knowledge shame?
British society has never been cleansed of the filth of imperialism.
It just requires so much of you, and most of the time you feel dumb.
Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end.
The bicycle is a great good. But it can turn nasty, if ill employed.
There is at least this to be said for mind, that it can dispel mind.
I wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall in a few Victorian parlours.
That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
No one and nothing can harm us, child, except what we fear and love.
Can anything be less cool than defending the motion picture academy?
Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.
What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They’re allowed to think.
Too much quiet left me depressed and consuming condiments for meals.
The hardest thing was to give meaning to what appeared to have none.
I wanted to end it now, like a bad TV show turned off in the middle.
The human race is not very admirable. It was a big mistake of God's.
Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls
If you're not careful, the Internet will gobble up your entire life.
Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.
It's only when you abandon your ambitions that they become possible.
Laughter is pleasant, but the exertion at my age is too much for me.
Murphy's Law, that brash proletarian restatement of Godel's Theorem.
Claim what is yours. You belong any where on this Earth you want to.
Remembering is the most overrated thing. Forgetting is far superior.
Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.
You can't always be friendly. It's impossible, there isn't the time.
Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.
I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.
Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him.
And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink
You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
And what is death, if not a face at peace - its artistic perfection.
Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical.
Damien is a friend. Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say.
Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses.
Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.
For a small island [Great Britain], the place is remarkably diverse.
Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions.
I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.
Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
That which we call a snob by any other name would still be snobbish.
Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.
Communication must become total and conscious before we can stop it.
I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.
Love needs the stiffening of respect, the give and take of equality.
I'm always a bit suspicious of writers who have the gift of the gab.
One does not remember the winners. One remains haunted by the losers.