"When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York."

“We treat our dogs as if they were "almost human": that is why they really become "almost human" in the end.”

“Ever since I was two, I've loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings.”

Source : "A life in writing: China Miéville" by Justine Jordan, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2011.

“I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“There are no living beings who exert more power over others, pound for pound, than tiny babies and extremely thin moguls.”

Source : "Landmark Study Reveals That CEOs Are Remarkably Similar to Babies" by Stanley Bing, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2011.

“I fight authority and authority always wins.”

“It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that can't stand it. In Switzerland it's the lack of noise that drives me crazy.”

“The Psychological Recession is the cluster of feelings that the present is really scary and the future will likely be worse. It comes from the sense you have no control over what's happening to you and you don't see a way to get your life back under control. It's the feeling that life is unfair; you paid your dues, you worked hard, and you ended up naked and vulnerable. There is no comfort to be found in the dismissal of the Psychological Recession as being just an idea; it is a real phenomenon with real consequences, all of them bad.”

“A civilized society looks with horror upon the abuse and torture of children or adults. Even where capital punishment is practiced, the aim is to implement it as mercifully as possible. Are we to believe then that a holy God-our heavenly Father-is less just than the courts of men?”