The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. - Malcolm Bradbury

Well, yes, surely I think everybody ought to enjoy life as much as it's humanly possible because that's why we exist. I believe.

[A]nd the traffic noise that boomed in through the window was another reminder of what his spirit knew, that he was but a grain of sand in someone else's desert.

"Well," said Dr Jochum, "you are like all reformers. You like to reform the world because it is easier than trying to reform yourself."