The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.

Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had

A squalid phantasmagoria of breath

But he hated to be sober. It made him conscious of the people around him, of that air of struggle, of greedy ambition, of hope more sordid than despair, of incessant passage up or down.

I want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be doing things, because that makes me feel comfortable and safe - and I want some of them to be doing nothing at all, because they can be graceful and companionable for me.

She was beautiful - but especially she was without mercy.

I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence.