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.

When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.

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

employers sense in me a denial of their values...they fear me. i suspect that they can see that i am forced to function in a century which i loathe.

I suspect that I am the result of particularly weak conception on the part of my father. His sperm was probably emitted in a rather offhand manner.

Between notes, he had contemplated means of destroying Myrna Minkoff but had reached no satisfactory conclusion. His most promising scheme had involved getting a book on munitions from the library, constructing a bomb, and mailing it in plain paper to Myrna. Then he remembered that his library card had been revoked.