Iggy showed the error of human existence, the breathless nearness of death, and the lure of fun and action. He was like a much better-looking version of Schopenhauer.

it seemed like we’d just been in some horrible dream

“There is something deeply humiliating in such a situation.”

The key to survival will lay in female hands.

What Reena really wanted to know was why – in a night club, for example – do we chose, always and above all, that nothing happens?”

“The thing about punk is that you’re allowed to talk about anything. Kids can talk about whatever they want. There’s nobody saying, ‘No, you can’t do that, it’s not punk.’”