“Society is the picnic certain individuals leave early, the party they fail to enjoy, the musical comedy they find not worth the price of admission.”

“... while madness in individuals is relatively rare, it is virtually a prerequisite for a certain sort of political leader.”

“It was not yet known how the Revolution would develop. But Upton supposed that the arguments of the philosophical anarchists were most convincing: society would fragmentise into independent, self-governing communities of mutually congenial individuals, requiring no police, no army, no guardians of morality, and no government. The old Deity being dead and dethroned, Humankind would come at last into power.”

“the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon.”

“The danger of motherhood. you relive your early self, through the eyes of your mother.”

“Paradox: how do we know what we have failed to see because we have no language to express it, thus we cannot know that we have failed to see it.”

“Every scar in my face is worth it.”