I’ve had all the monstrosity I want.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger.

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

The challenge of modern freedom, or the combination of isolation and freedom which confronts you, is to make yourself up. The danger is that you may emerge from the process as a not-entirely-human creature. (Referenced in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young)