"You will not read voice on the page; you will hear it in your head."

“Paul Jewell's sides are always hard to break down, although Manchester United have a habit of breaking his sides down pretty easily.”

“I always felt like I was born in the wrong time period. I felt like I should've been born in the mid-to-late '40s.”

“Everything you have is on loan. Foolish is the one who gets attached to a loan.”

“Well, if there's an infinite amount of chances for something to happen, then eventually it will happen - no matter how small the likelihood.”

Source : Alex Garland (2005). “The Beach”, p.62, Penguin

“When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable If I have not an excellent library.”

“On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.”

“All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter.”

“To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious.”