Canned food is a perversion,' Ignatius said. 'I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul.

with the breakdown of the medieval system, the gods of chaos, lunacy, and bad taste gained ascendancy.

My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail.

you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.

I recommend Batman especially, for he tends to transcend the abysmal society in which he's found himself. His morality is rather rigid, also. I rather respect Batman.

I bet you cook good, huh?" Darlene asked. "Mother doesn't cook," Ignatius said dogmatically. "She burns.

So we see that even when Fortuna spins us downward, the wheel sometimes halts for a moment and we find ourselves in a good, small cycle within a larger bad cycle. The universe, of course, is based upon the principle of the circle within the circle. At the moment, I am in an inner circle. Of course, smaller circles within this circle are also possible.