Book quotes

4. “...but if there is one universal truth in the human experience, it is that a finely honed scone-eating palate does not just develop overnight.”
8. “If you escape, of which there is not much chance, I would advise you to practice perfect politeness for the future."
9. “Plans. They're fickle things.”
10. “Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
12. "My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever."
16. “I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.”
19. “You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.”
21. “Don't be sorry. Be worthy of it.”
24. "You can't eat books, sweetheart."
25. “If any of you survive, make sure I have an open casket. The world deserves a few more moments with this face.”
26. “You’ll love her, or you’ll kill her, but either way, she’s going to be yours.”
27. "Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains?"
28. "I came out of the womb knowing how to do academic references.”

1. “The wise speak only of what they know.”
2. “I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
3. “You believe I planned your humiliation? Me? That sounds like work."
5. “Right. [...] No feminism at the dinner table.”
6. “Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
7. "I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
11. "Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die."
13. “My friend, let us enjoy the present without gloomy forebodings for the future.”
14. “Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.”
15. “Potatoes! Boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew.”
17. “My inner Boy Scout had to try.”
18. “Well, of course it’s not funny. But what do you want me to do? Cry?”
20. "I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal. In my heart, I yearn to best them.”
21. “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
22. “If I flirted with a plant, you can bet it would stand up and take notice."
23. “Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.”