Title: The Bridge over the River Kwai
Author: Pierre Boulle
Rating: ★★★★
(In reference to the bareness of their hotel:)
"Come in. I'd offer you something from the minibar, but I don't seem to have one. Pull up a chair - oh, no! There is no chair. Well, please make full use of the wastebasket."
"We'll buy you a rope or a bottle of poison." - Chinese slogan for women who said they'd rather kill themselves rather than have an abortion (as part of the One Child Policy.)
"It is my experience that if you add more butter to anything, it improves it immeasurably. It is nice to have one simple solution that always works."