p . 382
" There was a time when he * had on his team people like Bach , Mozart , Michaelangelo , Leonardo, Raphael , Laud , Donne , Herbert , Swift and Wren : now he had awful , drippy wet smacks with no style , no wit , no articulacy and no magestry . "
* God
p . 386
" My bible was Bannister Fletcher and my God was Inigo Jones . "
p . 387
" I remember an episode of Star Trek that ends with Jim turning to Mcloy and saying ' Out there , Bones , someone is saying the three most beautiful words in the galaxy . ' I fully expected the nauseous obviousness of ' I love you ' . But Kirk turned to the screen , gazed at the stars and whispered : ' Please , help me . '
Strange , the potency of cheap television . "
p . 432
" Go and sin no more ? I'm sorry , Mr. Cromie , but there are sins out there I haven't even heard of yet - not even me : clever-clog , smart-arse , read-it-all , know-it-all , seen-it-all me .
You bet I was fucking exuberant . "
