No man is an island — although one’s known a surprising number who own one. - Edward St Aubyn

Johnny stopped and leaned over, partly from curiosity, but also to disguise the fact that his sexual efforts could not compete with the mention of such a large sum of money.

Thank goodness there were people who were happy with nothing, thought Julia, so that people like her (and everyone else she had ever met), could have more.

His decision to study the law had got him as far as hiring Twelve Angry Men from a video shop.