"It's magnificent, but it's not war."

“I like working with fish, so naturally I like seafood.”

“I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.”

“Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest ***** in the valley”

Source : Alex Garland (2005). “The Beach”, p.72, Penguin

“My favorite country is America. I love going there! I go in the local lake near where I work on Sundays. It's called Berry Hill.”

“My mom used to send me articles about how older virgins are considered good luck in Mexico.”

“I have become an orchid washed in on the salt white beach. Memory, what can I make of it now that might please you- this life, already wasted and still strewn with miracles?”

“I'm better than I used to be. Better than I was yesterday. But hopefully not as good as I'll be tomorrow.”

“Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.”