“Karaoke divides humanity into two groups: those who don’t want to sing and shouldn’t be compelled, and those who do and shouldn’t be allowed.”

“Our reality may be fabled, but surely will be fleeting, because when the storyteller looks away, the story collapses. In the end, we vanish like mist in the morning sun.”

“Our stories are phantoms of fleeting moments reflected in mirrors.”

“When one speaks of sex with midgets, one must speak French.”

“Truth is a melody composed of lying notes.”

“The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous.”

“The men and women of England who abolished slavery, created the educational system, or gave women the vote were not acting on the hypotheses of what the voters wanted. They were afire with faith in what people ought to want and in the end they persuaded their lethargic compatriots to give them enough support to warrant a change.”