Nevertheless, blood is thicker than water, as anyone knows who has tasted both.

“What fabrications they are, mothers. Scarecrows, wax dolls for us to stick pins…”

“I've learned to do without a lot of things. If you have a lot of things, said A…”

“We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?”

“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”