Information is the religion of the modern world.

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.

Life, after all, should go forwards, not backwards.

Every decoding is another encoding.

Morris read through the letter. Was it a shade too fulsome? No, that was another law of academic life: it is impossible to be excessive in flattery of one's peers.

I'm a bit of a deconstructionist myself. It's kind of exciting - the last intellectual thrill left. Like sawing through the branch you're sitting on.

It's the only thing that keeps me going these days, travelling. Changes of scene, changes of faces

To read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another

I respect a man who can recognize a quotation. It's a dying art.

Perhaps that's what we're all looking for - desire undiluted by habit.

It was Adam Appleby's misfortune that at the moment of awakening from sleep his consciousness was immediately flooded with everything he least wanted to think about

A moment of sadness is the best time for deepest reflection.

Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy.

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends it’ll get you the right ones

Hating a main character for being too weak is like expecting a human to be able to do everything. Stories aren't all sunshine and rainbows.

Dot Hacker, to me, sounds like a collection of all my tastes. I hear four people trying to fill up as much space as they can.

Racing shirts should be sold on big, thick rolls like paper towels.

I'm not sure (whether Demetriou did anything wrong). I wouldn't have thought so ... but I'm not the ACC (Australian Crime Commission), I'm not ASADA. I'm a football coach trying to coach a game.

You are the soul that fits into mine

Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.

I want to be in a position where I get to start off fresh. I don't have any preconceived notion of how I should feel.