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“Old enough to remember the arrival of 'Have a nice day', Patrick could only look with alarm on the hyperinflation of 'Have a great one'. Where would this Weimar of bullying cheerfulness end? 'You have a profound and meaningful day now.”
― Edward St. Aubyn, Mother's Milk

“A song isn't a commercial for an album. It isn't a tool to build name awareness or reinforce your brand. A song is a bullet that can shatter your chains.”
― Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

“The Park's nice,' his father conceded, 'but the rest of the country is just people in huge cars wondering what to eat next.”
― Edward St. Aubyn, Mother's Milk

“For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“A girl with a guitar never has to apologize for anything.”
― Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

“Kris had been alive long enough to know it was dangerous when men accused you of being better than them.”
― Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

“Cruelty is the opposite of love,’ said Patrick, ‘not just some inarticulate version of it.”
― Edward St. Aubyn, The Patrick Melrose Novels