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  1. She recognised in Mr Honey a man of moods, capable of deep depression; all geniuses, she had read, were men like that.

    p. 166

  2. Sleep slunk up like a black panther and sank its kindly fangs into what remained of the Mortdecai brain.

  3. With his head in his hands,

    God thought and thought,

    Till he thought: I'll make me a man!

  4. He had made one mistake in an otherwise flawless performance: he hadn't told me his name. Have you ever exchanged three words with an American without being told his name?

  5. [Leonard] gave me the best advice that I was given while I was at the center, which was to hold on. No matter how bad or difficult life becomes, if you hold on, hold on to whatever it is you need to hold on to, be it religion, friends, a support group, a set of steps or your own heart, if you hold on, just hold on, life will get better.

    p. 9

  6. "Goodness," I babbled, "but how awful for you. Not drinking, I mean. I mean, imagine getting up in the morning knowing that you're not going to feel any better all day".

  7. Why do people build houses to keep the climate out, then cut holes in the walls to let it in again? I shall never understand.

  8. Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.

  9. Sometimes skulls are thick. Sometimes hearts are vacant. Sometimes words don't work.

    p. 323

  10. And God stepped out on space,

    And He looked around and said,

    "I'm lonely—

    I'll make me a world."

  11. Ten minutes later I was in an enormous taxi-cab, an air-conditioned one, hired for the day for fifty dollars; it seems an awful lot, I know, but money's worth awfully little over there, you'd be surprised. It's because there's so much of it, you see.

  12. All of us started out normal. All of us started out as functioning human beings with the potential to do almost anything we wanted, but somewhere along the paths of our lives we got lost. Though we are here at this Clinic trying to find our way back, we all know that most of us will never get there. Things like the fight allow us to dream, and take us away from here, and allow us to imagine what the normal World must be like and how normal people must live in it.

    p. 332