I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?... fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror

I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome.

The best way to get out of debt is not to seek to get out of debt, but to seek to create wealth

Words are what you fight with but what you fight about is whether or not you're afraid of them.

Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

Italians give their city sexes, and they all agree that the sex for a particular city is quite correct, but none of them can explain why. I love that. London's middle-aged and male, respectably married but secretly gay.