O The Shame Of It, The Humiliating

A Man Who Catches History's Eye Is Thereafter Bound To A Mistress From Whom He Will Never Escape.

The History Of Life Was Not The Bumbling Progress - The Very English, Middle-class Progress - Victorian Thought Had Wanted It To Be, But Violent, A Thing Of Dramatic, Cumulative Transformations: In The Old Formulation, More Revolution Than Evolution.

Some People Are Paralyzed By The Consciousness Of Death, Other People Live With It.... The Fatwa Certainly Made Me Think About It A Lot More Than I Ever Had. I Guess I Know I'm Going To Die, But Then, So Are You.

It Is Very, Very Easy Not To Be Offended By A Book. You Just Have To Shut It.

Normally When I Read, I Don't Like Music Playing.