“PORTEOUS: Do you mean to say you were going to steal my car.TEDDIE: Not exactly. I was only going to bolshevise it, so to speak.”

“You're not going to turn into a wanker, are you?" says Tone, opening a can of larger."What do you mean?""He means you're not going to get all studenty on us," says Spencer."Well, I am a student. I mean, I will be, so,...""No, but I mean you're not gong to get all twatty and up-your-own-arse and come home at Christmas in a gown, talking Latin and saying "one does" and "one thinks" and all that...""Yeah, Tone, that's EXACTLY what I'm going to do.”

“My sister having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.”

“I was not going to dance at our wedding and you were not going to speak.”

“I don't-" I shake my head. (...) "What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of shrinks. They never let you stop in midthought. If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying.”

“The only way your going to be what you say your going to be, is if you do what your going to do.”