“ Hey, ! There is a way out. Come to beautiful Oasis. No crime, no madness, no bad stuff of any kind, a brand new home, home on the range, no or antelope but hey, accentuate the positive, there never is… Michel Faber
“ People and their dwellings were such a thin dust on the surface of the globe, like invisible specks of bacteria on an orange, and the feeble lights of kebab shops and supermarkets failed utterly to re… Michel Faber
“ There was a red button on the wall labelled EMERGENCY, but no button labelled BEWILDERMENT. Michel Faber
“ I wouldn’t use the word ‘man’. The Hebrew is , which I would argue encompasses both sexes. Michel Faber
“ Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh with an impractically thin leather exterior, in various shades of pink, yellow a… Michel Faber
“ The crowds that queued for snacks and knick-knacks, the constant stream of passengers recorded by the closed-circuit TVs, were wondrous proof of the sheer variety of human specimens, except that they… Michel Faber
“ Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment. Michel Faber
“ Not for the first time, Peter thought about how much of our lives we spend sequestered inside small patches of electric brightness, blind to everything beyond the reach of those fragile bulbs. Michel Faber
“ There were no oceans on Oasis, no large bodies of water, and presumably no fish. He wondered whether this would cause comprehension problems when it came to certain crucial fish-related Bible stories.… Michel Faber
“ And you know what people immediately start looking for, five minutes after they arrive someplace new? You know what’s on their minds? I’ll tell you: How are they gonna get laid, and where are they gon… Michel Faber
“ There is so little in the New Testament about sexual love, and most of it consists of Paul heaving a deep sigh and tolerating it like a weakness. Michel Faber
“ How’s things, man? The black man extended his hand for a handshake. Mathematical formulae were jotted on the sleeve of his shirt, right up to the elbow.Very good, said Peter. It had never occurred to… Michel Faber
“ 'A Christmas Carol' is an extravagantly symbolic thing - as rich in symbols as Christmas pudding is rich in raisins. Michel Faber
“ How strange it was to be inside a machine again! All his life he’d been inside machines, whether he realised it or not. Modern houses were machines. Shopping centres were machines. Schools. Cars. Trai… Michel Faber
“ You one of those decaffeinated Christians, ? The diabetic wafer? Doctrine-free, guilt-reduced, low in Last judgement, 100% less Second Coming, no added Armageddon? Might contain small traces of crucif… Michel Faber
“ The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that's always been there, and the next minute it's just a memory. Michel Faber
