The taste of Scotch, though Guy didn’t much care for it, was pleasant because it reminded him of Anne. She drank Scotch, when she drank. It was like her, golden, full of light, made with careful art.

I know you have it in you, Guy, " Anne said suddenly at the end of a silence, "the capacity to be terribly happy.

What chance combination of shadow and sound and his own thoughts had created it?

I tell him his business, all business, is legalized throat-cutting, like marriage is legalized fornication.

I like to drink when I travel. It enhances things, don’t you think?

Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed.

You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.

Always examine the dice.

We learn from tragedy. Slowly.

The drama can only be brought to its climax in one of two ways -- through the selective brutality of terrorism or the impartial horrors of war.

A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.

My best dreams and worst nightmares have the same people in them.

To the student I would say, "Life is principally multiple choice, but at the end there's a tough essay question.