Copy > Paste #39

"I had become comfortable with his cynicism, and in any case, we're all cynical now, although it's only this evening that I recognize this properly. Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like too many things and I am not envious of enough people - I know enough to get by. And in any case it is not possible to avoid cynicism and the sneer completely."

By Nick Hornby in How To Be Good