Tell her happiness is just practice, " he said. "If only she acted happy, she would be happy.

It's wonderful to feel desired. There's a sense of power in it, really.

As he watches the sun rise, what grieves him is that he failed her. He thinks of the terror she felt. They tell him it was quick, as if that will somehow confine the horror.

She got up from the bed, knelt beside the bed, and put her forehead down on the covers. She was not practiced at prayer anymore. The only word that came to mind was "please".

Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.

The bigger the words the weaker the voice.

Said Opie Read to E.P. Roe, "How do you like Gaboriau?""I like him very much indeed!"Said E.P. Roe to Opie Read.

In this city, every deserted street corner conceals a crowd. It appears in a minute when something disrupts the way in which the world is supposed to work. It can disappear almost as instantaneously.

I always believe that it's better to be idealistic in love than be that cynic. That's the only way to survive a relationship.

The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.

Les masses ont tort et les individus toujours raison. The masses are wrong; individuals are always right.

Humor is proof that everything is going to be all right with God nevertheless.

There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne.

We have a very good head thing but we don't make love.