Clichés can be quite fun. That's how they got to be clichés.

All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I'd got somewhere, then I found I had to go on.

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.

No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.

Never read the Bible as if it means something. Or at any rate don't try and mean it. Nor prayers. The liturgy is best treated and read as if it's someone announcing the departure of trains.

Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.