Careless and not particularly biting, it was easier to shrug off than anything in the first book which depicted me as an inarticulate zombie confused by the irony of Randy Newman's "I Love L.A.

The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie.

The real Julian Wells didn't die in a cherry-red convertible, overdosing on a highway in Joshua Tree while a choir soared over the sound track.

Women aren't very bright, " Rip says. "Studies have been done.

for every mile the feet gothe heart goes nine

Death, child. It’s beckoning us both, my brother and I.

The ultimate form of forgiveness is in comprehending there’s nothing to forgive.

I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff.

I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.

The leader’s (Jeff Denson’s) superb bowing.. showcasing Denson’s haunting vocals

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.

Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen

There is a kind of laughter people laugh at public events, as if a joke were a charity auction and they want to be seen to be bidding.