I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned. Adult. You have become adult.

There in the midst of the Amazon Jungle, Simon Haskell has cobbled up for himself a replica of an Art Deco salon.

A man may truly live in his dreams, his noblest dreams, but only, only if he is worthy of those dreams.

Writing is a holy chore.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied.

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.