Stephen Gilbert > Quotes

“Sleep is temporary death”
― Stephen Gilbert, Ratman's Notebooks

“The thing about people who deceive is that their minds work in different compartments. They can have two contradictory theories in their head at once and speak according to one or the other, whichever suits the listener best.”
― Stephen Gilbert, Ratman's Notebooks

“If we had sensible laws the doctor would have chloroformed her last week as soon as he knew she couldn't recover. In this we are kinder to our animals than ourselves.”
― Stephen Gilbert, Ratman's Notebooks

“It’s funny how he won’t give up the idea of the attack on his daughter. I suppose there was more at risk. The car is property and insurable. The sex rights in his daughter are property too, but not insurable, or at any rate not insured. So it is more interesting that his daughter should have been at risk than his car.”
― Stephen Gilbert, Ratman's Notebooks

“It makes me laugh when I remember that I am the most important person in the whole affair. Without me there wouldn't have been any funeral!”
― Stephen Gilbert, Ratman's Notebooks