Cowboys make better lovers: Ask any cow.

I am pleased enough with the surfaces - in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child's hand in your own, the flavor of an apple, the embrace of a friend or lover, the silk of a girl's thigh, the sunlight on the rock and leaves, the feel of music, the bark of a tree, the abrasion of granite and sand, the plunge of clear water into a pool, the face of the wind - what else is there? What else do we need?

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)

Despair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry and other bad habits.

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

Football is a game for trained apes. That, in fact, is what most of the players are -- retarded gorillas wearing helmets and uniforms. The only thing more debased is the surrounding mob of drunken monkeys howling the gorillas on.