' for gammas, deltas and epsilons had been to some extent conditioned to associate corporeal mass with social superiority. Indeed, a faint hypnopaedic prejudice in favour of size was universal. hence the laughter of the women to whom he made proposals, the practical joking of his equals among the men. the mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt and hostility aroused by his physical defects . which in turn increased his sense of being alien and alone.'

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (because of everything in my mind now )

- ou o reler de livros escondidos atrás da mesa de cabeceira [e não saber onde se pôs o que se estava a ler anteriormente]