Society is everybody's way of punishing one another because they daren't take it out on the universe. - Celia Green

I spent a couple of years between eleven and thirteen analysing the social evaluations that were taken for granted, also acquiring a thorough scepticism about processes regarded as causal, and the consistency of the physical world, as well as the reliability of my own mental processes. By the time I was thirteen I was running out of things to think about, so starting on a run of exam-taking seemed all the more appropriate, as I was finding it difficult to make use of spare time.

One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

It is superfluous to be humble on one's own behalf; so many people are willing to do it for one.