“He methodically basted the dark skin of the Alsatian, which he had stuffed with garlic and herbs. "One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is all right".” LifeDogMadnessDinnerSmellDogsTabooGarlicJ G BallardBallardJg BallardJames Graham BallardDog Meat Book:High-Rise Source: High-Rise
“Dissembling was so large a part of middle-class life that honesty and frankness seemed the most devious stratagem of all. The most outright lie was the closest one came to truth.” TruthLiesKingdom ComeJ G BallardBallard Book:Kingdom Come Source: Kingdom Come
“First she would try to kill him, but failing this give him food and her body, breast-feed him back to a state of childishness and even, perhaps, feel affection for him. Then, the moment he was asleep, cut his throat. The synopsis of the ideal marriage.” RelationshipsMarriageWifeHusbandMurderParadoxJ G BallardBallardJg BallardJames Graham Ballard Book:High-Rise Source: High-Rise
“If J.G. Ballard had been on Twitter, I doubt he'd have cat-posted. Wm. S. Burroughs, on the other hand, probably would have. He loved cats. I received Christmas cards from Burroughs. All were cute cat cards.” CatsTwitterBurroughsWilliam S BurroughsGibsonJ G BallardWilliam GibsonBallard Author:William Gibson