Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite
Iain BanksThere's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.
Iain BanksI still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.
Iain BanksTruth, I have learned, differs for everybody. Just as no two people ever see a rainbow in exactly the same place - and yet both most certainly see it, while the person seemingly standing right underneath it does not see it at all - so truth is a question of where one stands, and the direction one is looking in at the time.
Iain Banks