“Were the ironies of taxation any better: raising money for schools and hospitals and roads and bridges, and spending it on blowing up schools and hospitals and roads and bridges in self-defeating wars?”Edward St. Aubyn At Last, Chapter 6
“Looks didn’t last forever and she wasn’t ready for religion yet. Money was kind of a good compromise, staked up somewhere between cosmetics and eternity.”Edward St. Aubyn Some Hope, Chapter 7
“Johnny stopped and leaned over, partly from curiosity, but also to disguise the fact that his sexual efforts could not compete with the mention of such a large sum of money.”Edward St. Aubyn Some Hope, Chapter 2
“They said it was the only way to stop her running up debts, but the best way to stop her running up debts was to give her more money.”Edward St. Aubyn At Last, Chapter 7