@londubh It took me some work to find, so here it is:

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Then, invoking his mother's Boni Maroni discipline, he repeated the Litany Against Fun: "I must not have fun. Fun is the time-killer. Fun is for children, customers, and the help. I will forget fun. I will take a pass on it. And while it is going, I will turn a blind eye toward it. When fun is gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain--I, and my will to win. Damn, I'm good."

Pall felt calmness return, noted with approval his re-heightened awareness of himself and his ambitions.

Damn, I'm God, he thought.

@peterdrake very cute. Thanks. I will bookmark it.