Mockery; the righteousness of fools everywhere. - Peter F. Hamilton

I look young, almost as young as you lot; but the real difference between us is cynicism. You don't have any, while I've got a ton of it."
"I'm cynical, Philip protested. "I don't believe a word politicians say."
"That's not cynicism," Sophie said. "That's just common sense.

Jeff hadn’t played croquet for twenty years. It was fun remembering all the dirty tricks. Anybody who believed that croquet was a civilized sport had clearly never played before.

But to have dreamed the dream is to have flown above the mountains so high in all but deed.