"Trevor: Rock music has always been a reaction against accepted standards. And homosexuality has been going on for centuries. At the moment having a ‘gay’ image is the ‘in’ thing, just like a few years ago it was trendy to wear a long grey coat with a Led Zeppelin record under your arm."

"Child on Subway: Yesterday upon a stair, I saw a man who wasn't there, He wasn't there again today, How I wish he'd go away."

"Female Narrator: Childhood, adults always say, is the happiest time in life. But as long as he could remember, Jack Fairy knew better."

"Female Narrator: For once there was an unknown land, full of strange flowers and subtle perfumes, a land of which it is joy of all joys to dream, a land where all things are perfect and poisonous."

"Young Boy: Put out the torches. Hide the moon. Hide the stars."

"Oscar Wilde: I want to be a pop idol."

"Female Narrator: Histories like ancient ruins are the fictions of empires. While everything forgotten hangs in dark dreams of the past, ever threatening to return."

"Opening Text: Although what you are about to see is a work of fiction, it should nevertheless be played at maximum volume."

"Softly, he said, "I will mangle your mind"."

"Time, places, people,... they're all speeding up. So, to cope with this evolutionary paranoia, strange people are chosen who, through their art, can move progress more quickly."

"I knew it was over. I just didn't know it was up to me to make it stop."

"It's funny how beautiful people look when they're walking out the door."

"You all know me – subtlety’s my middle name. It’s as subtle as the piece of skin between my vagina and my anus – ooh la! la! Now what’s that called, I can never quite remember...No man’s land? Oh gosh – my guiche, dah-ling!"

"Heroin used to be my main man. You could be my main man."

"See yourself on stage, inside-out. Tangled garlands in your hair. Of course, you are pleasantly surprised."

"The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history. (Oscar Wilde - from the Picture of Dorian Gray)"

"He thought he fucking was Maxwell Demon in the end – you know? And Maxwell Demon...he thought he was God."

"Everyone’s into this scene because it’s supposedly the thing to do right now. But you just can’t fake being gay. You know, if you’re gonna claim that you’re gay you’re gonna have to make love in gay style, and most of these kids... just aren’t going to make it. That line, ‘Everybody’s bisexual’, that’s a very popular thing to say right now. Personally, I think it’s meaningless."

"The Reverend Lord Henry was not one of those newfangled parsons who carry the principles of their vocation uncomfortably into private life."

"While I never admired Edith as much as when I was with Sibella, I never longed for Sibella as much as when I was with Edith."

"[Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne has been killed while sailing a hot-air balloon over London.] I shot an arrow in the air; she fell to earth in Berkeley Square."

"The D’Ascoynes certainly appeared to have accorded with the tradition of the landed gentry and sent the fool of the family into the Church"

"Miles Malleson — Mr. Elliot The Hangman"

"Joan Greenwood — Sibella Holland"

"Alec Guinness — The D'Ascoynes"

"Dennis Price — Louis Mazzini"

"I always say that my west window has all the exuberance of Chaucer without, happily, any of the concomitant crudities of his period."

"The next morning I went out shooting with Ethelred—or rather, to watch Ethelred shooting; for my principles will not allow me to take a direct part in blood sports."

"It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms."

"Jerry Anderson: I've jerked off three times since lunch and I've still got this fucking hard-on."

"Candy: [describing the typical sexuality of men] They're like animals. Their whole lives revolve around their penises."

"Mandy: [describing the importance of women's power of abstinence] Women have been doing this since...the beginning. It's all part of the system. But you're taking the power and you're fucking with the system. Now, you realize that we can't let this happen, hmm?"

"This is a photocopy of Candy's ass? You're gonna call her, right?"

"Do you know how many hours I spent looking for for my "Temple of Poon" tape? One. That is a long time to be looking for porn, Matt. What the fuck is going on?"

"Dude, you've got to tell her. Seriously. You can pass off two dates without a kiss as being old-fashioned. You go three and you're a homo."

"Wait, wait. Don't go to sleep yet. We got to talk about something. [pause] Stickers. Do you like stickers?"

"I almost fucked an outlet today."

"You stupid, stupid...silly little person."

"Keegan Connor Tracy – Mandy"

"Christine Chatelain – Andie"

"Monet Mazur – Candy"

"Emmanuelle Vaugier – Susie"

"Adam Trese – John Sullivan"

"Paulo Costanzo – Ryan"

"Shannyn Sossamon – Erica Sutton"

"Josh Hartnett – Matt Sullivan"

"This March, sex takes a holiday."

"One man is about to do the unthinkable. No sex. Whatsoever. For... 40 Days and 40 Nights."