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

'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.'