It turns out that one can perpetrate all manner of heinous villainy under a cloak of courtesy and good cheer. . .a man will forfeit all sensible self-interest if he finds you affable enough to share your company over a flagon of ale.

Nothing evokes the prurient like puritanism.

Sarcasm will make your tits fall off.

Canada is a myth people made up to entertain children, like the Tooth Fairy. There’s no such place.

An adventure story is fear recalled in comfort.

Sweetheart, wake up; you've destroyed the house and I need you to suffer for it.

Confucius is like the Torah, rules to follow. And Lao-Tzu is even more conservative, saying that if you do nothing you won't break any rules. You have to let tradition fall sometime, you have to take action, you have to eat bacon.