“In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now.”—Patrick Bateman, American Hero Psycho
“When your time comes to sit in my chair,
Remember your father’s habits and rules,
Sit on all four legs, fair and square,
And never be tempted by one-legged stools!”—from My Father’s Chair, by Rudyard Kipling