“No opinions, no ideas, no real knowledge of anything, no ideals, no inspiration; a fat, slothful, querulous, greedy, impotent carcass; a stump, a decaying belly washed up on the shore... Always tired, always bored, always hurt, always hating.”
“I was stumped. I always am in these discussions. Not that I lack insight or anything, it's just that I'm almost entirely innocent of opinions. Naked. It's sort of exciting!”
“Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.”
“There will always be people for whom hate is easier when it’s not backed up by anything but fear.”
“There is no such thing as a perfect, ideal, or 'correct' translation. A translator is always trying to extend his knowledge and improve his means of expression; he is always pursuing facts and words.”
“You'll always be a fat girl. You don't know how to be anything else.”