'You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev.

Cowardice was undoubtedly one of the most terrible vices - thus spoke Yeshua Ha-Nozri. 'No, philosopher, I disagree with you: it is the most terrible vice!'

'For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.'

'Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out!'

Everything's different. You have to recognise the fact that I'm different. Time goes on, and you change. I'm coming into this as a different guy, that's probab…

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on…

Those must have all been important to me once. What I am now grew from that. A former self is a fool, an insufferable ass, but he's still human, you'd no more …