'Oh, everybody exploits somebody,' says Howard, 'in this social order it's part of the human lot.' - Malcolm Bradbury

'It must be nice to think there is a true reality,' says Miss Callendar. 'I've always found reality a matter of great debate.'

'Look, Felicity,' says Howard, 'there's only one rule. Follow the line of your own desires.'

Reading someone else's newspaper is like sleeping with someone else's wife. Nothing seems to be precisely in the right place, and when you find what you are looking for, it is not clear then how to respond to it.