— I've always, you know, believed in standing on the shoulders of giants sort of things.
— It's a long fucking way to fall. If you're up there, you better make sure you've got something.
"Do you ever read any of the books you bum?"
He laughed. "That's against the law!"
"Oh. Of course."
"It's fine work. Monday bum Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then bum the ashes. That's our official slogan."