“It was impossible for him to get bored. He just didn't have the imagination.”

“It is almost impossible to watch a clockwise direction - it gets extremely boring and causes despair.”

“He sought an adventure but didn't find one. He was inexperienced and besides he didn't have too much imagination.”

“They'll never meet him. They'll never know that its actually possible for a boy to be so boring you'd agree to kiss him just to get him to shut up. I should get paid to listen to him talk when he calls on the phone. I should get a dollar fifty a hour. Minimum.”

“Asil has appointed himself my guardian?" asked Charles softly. Asil was overstepping himself. "He was bored, he told me," said his father. He gave Charles a small smile. "I have given him a job so he doesn’t get bored again.”

“It came to him that he didn't like holidays. . . . They bore down on you. Each one always ended up feeling like an exam . . .”