“He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes when they were really hungry they created vast banquets in their imagination - but at the end of the day they'd settle quite happily for egg and chips. If it was well done and maybe had a slice of tomato.”
― The Fifth Elephant
― The Fifth Elephant
“A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.”
― The Fifth Elephant
― The Fifth Elephant
“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn't measure up.”
― Night Watch
As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn't measure up.”
― Night Watch
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Insane in the Membrane Book Club
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Whether a villain, an anti-hero or bat-shit crazy, sociopaths in literature have been some of the most unforgettable and iconic characters. In this bo ...more
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