All My Friends' Mothers Were Appalling Women.

Parents Should Leave Books Lying Around Marked "forbidden" If They Want Their Children To Read.

I'll Be Pleased When I'm Dead. That Will Let Me Off Worrying About All These Wars.

It Can Be Considered A Rule That The Probable Duration Of An Empire May Be Prognosticated By The Degree To Which Its Rulers Believe In Their Own Propaganda.

We Are Several People Fitted Inside Each Other. Chinese Boxes. Our Bodies Are The Outside Box. Or The Inside One If You Like.

Knowing Cats, A Lifetime Of Cats, What Is Left Is A Sediment Of Sorrow Quite Different From That Due To Humans: Compounded Of Pain For Their Helplessness, Of Guilt On Behalf Of Us All.