The History Man

'All action leads to suffering, someone else's, or one's own.'

'It must be nice to think there is a true reality,' says Miss Callendar. 'I've always found reality a matter of great debate.'

'I think, George,' says Merion, ' the trouble is that you don't have a conflict model of society.'

'The trouble is, it's hard to know you're little,' says Felicity. 'People like to make themselves matter.'

'Oh, everybody exploits somebody,' says Howard, 'in this social order it's part of the human lot.'

'Look, Felicity,' says Howard, 'there's only one rule. Follow the line of your own desires.'