“Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about to die, not the poor bugger who has to take the news.”

“You are who you are when nobody's watching.”

“I'm not even tone deaf, that's the arse-mothering, fuck-nosed, bugger-sucking wank of the thing.”

“there is no reason why anyone should understand how it works… and of course no reason why anyone should care … unless you are curious, in which case I love you, for curiosity about the world and all its corners is a beautiful thing.”

“You should give up.''Why?''For one thing, you'll live longer.''Oh, you don't live longer. It just seems longer.”

“Thos who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.”

“Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.”