Neil Carey

“Is it life?" he answered, "I would rather be without it," he said, "for there is queer small utility in it. You cannot eat it or drink it or smoke it in your pipe, it does not keep the rain out and it is a poor armful in the dark if you strip it and take it to bed with you after a night of porter when you are shivering with the red passion. It is a great mistake and a thing better done without, like bed-jars and foreign bacon.”
― Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

“An ad for cigars appears in 100,000 newspapers; sales of that brand increase by 3% for a short time thereafter. A new play receives a viciously negative review in a theatrical journal that prints 500 copies; the playwright shoots himself. Who’s the better writer?”
― Jason Lutes

“Martinez: I guarantee you this: not one of us has learned a single thing today.

-Condors”
― Garth Ennis, War Stories, Volume 2

“Kit: I didn't mean that. I'm sorry.
Neil: I know.
Kit: I mean I didn't mean the bit about it bein' better if they'd killed you. I meant the rest.
Neil: It's okay, Kathy. I know.
-Heartland”
― Garth Ennis, Hellblazer: Rake at the Gates of Hell