Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.

But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to "commit"...

I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness.

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.