"Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools."

“What are we doing down here? We prepare the blossoms of tomorrow. We all manure future humanity.”

“It sucks that we miss people like that. You think you've accepted that someone is out of your life, that you've grieved and it's over, and then bam. One little thing, and you feel like you've lost that person all over again.”

“At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.”

“I was born wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born, and have made, in a curious way, the worst of both.”

“I have no sense of what I should or shouldn't talk about. I just blather. Which is why it's fun to write 'Gossip Girl.' I do tend to just talk about anything.”

“The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life.”

“You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don't offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment.”

Source : Vikas Swarup (2008). “Q & A: A Novel”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

“Sir, I have seen your film and it is vulgar! Madame, my film rises below vulgarity.”