“The fucking beef industry and the fucking HMO industry,' Friendly says. 'Al-Cowda and HMOsama.”

“But rituals turn us all into fucking idiots. Like those birds that sleep with their heads facing backwards because their ancestors slept with their heads under their wings. Plutarch says carrying new wives across thresholds is stupid because we don't remember that it refers to the rape of the Sabine women - and that's fucking Plutarch, two thousand years ago. We still draw the Reaper with a scythe. We should draw him driving a John Deere for Archer Daniels Midland.”

“If you're going to be soulless, you should at least consider outsourcing your conscience to someone else.”

“The journey from shame to resentment is the shortest on there is.”

“that look you get after every bone in your face has been broken at least once and then allowed to set without medical attention”

“Deliverance' is The Godfather for crackers.”

“It shows something, though: if you're going to be soulless, you should at least consider outsourcing your conscience to someone else.”