Kerry Wendell Thornley

“ Because I've got a problem to solve first, before I can devote much time to these other things and there doesn't seem any point in being surrounded day and night by informants if they aren't going to be informative about the most pressing and highest priority problem: the War Conspiracy. At this rate, by the time there are war crimes trials, all the war criminals will have died of old age. ”

“ Were there direct links between Leon and Harriman and Lodge, for example? Was Leon the go-between for Castro and Huntsville Alabama? (When he is under Soviet control he's called "Leon Redbone". He or the faction of his conspiracy that isn't is called "Leon Russell". The obnoxiously persistent Leon is called "Leon Everett". Then of course there was the Leon android in Blade Runner. Then there was the second Oswald who called himself "Leon Oswald".) ”

“ Laughter, like the orgasm, is a semi-involuntary pleasurable response to the actions of another — usually, or at least basically, laughter breaks up armoring. That's why there are dirty jokes and burlesque comics and why puritans snigger at sex! ”