“Do not kill him. That shit would totally bum Jane out.”

“What is it about him that makes you, like, totally lose your shit?”

“Once a man saw heaven in one woman's arms, then nothing else would do. And that scared the shit out of him, the thought that no other woman but Lilly would do. - Travis/Black Jack about Lilly Belle/Night Hawk (Lady Hawk to him)”

“There are only two ways to get in and out of an MG Midget sports car – the elegant way or myway. The elegant way is how you see the film stars do it on TV when they arrive at the Oscars. To getin, put your bum inside first and then swivel legs round. Similarly, to exit, swivel legs out, bum last.My way is to get everything but bum in first, leave bum out in the cold for a bit while struggling withother appendages, and then bum can come in. To get out, I simply fall on to the pavement.”

“No matter what you do, do your best at it. If your going to be a bum, be the best bum there is.”

“Once she made him watch Pride and Prejudice and for ages he would re-word Mr Bingley's apology to Jane Bennet, saying, 'I've been an inexplicable fool', for anything from losing his keys to burping out loud. Her reply to anything she wanted to do was Jane Bennet's response to Bingley's marriage proposal, 'A thousand times yes.”