Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.

Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet.

Certainty becomes you.

Is it truly so unfathomable, that an imperfect girl might be perfectly loved?

Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.

Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?

A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection.

What is the world coming to, with these modern women? A man can't tell them what to do.

The Blushing Pansy," his cousin read aloud, in a tone of abject horror. "Tea shop and confectionery." Bram swore. This was going to be ugly.

Jesus. Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Delilah, Jezebel, Salome, Judith, Eve. Trouble, every last one. Add Minerva Highwood to the list.

When they speak of Hell there's something they miss there's a worse place to be and it's called the Abyss.

It's a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It's a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert!

We love the beautiful and serene, but we have a feeling as deep as love for the terrible and dark.

I am double jointed in my elbow. So I can turn it all the way around and then bend it so it looks like it's broken.

Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.

There isn't as much passion and outrage in today's newspapers. That may be because of a corporate decision, but they've lost their personality.

People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.

If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.

Without health there is no happiness. An attention to health, then, should take the place of every other object.

Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.