"Oh, there's more to life than books, you know. But not much more, not much more" dice "Handsome Devil de The Smiths y por eso dedicamos una estantería a toda esa literatura que influenció sus letras.
“To be born the son of a Middlemarch manufacturer, and inevitable heir to nothing in particular ….”Es una linea que sirvió de influencia para “How Soon is Now?”
En “Handsome Devil,” Morrisey declara: “There’s more to life than books you know — but not much more.” Es una referencia a Matadero Cinco de Vonnegut’s en donde Roland Weary afirma: “There’s more to life than what you read in books.”