There's nothing weak about beauty, child. The only weakness in it is if you think it means anything important.

We oft know little of who we were, only something of who we are, and nothing of who we may be.

The ugliest thing in the world is a beautiful woman without the brains or courage to know that [beauty] is nothing more than an accident.

The real reason we have faces, " Margot Lassiter observes, "is to hold back what we're thinking from the world.

Justice is not cheap in this country, and people who insist on it are usually either desperate or possessed by some private determination bordering on monomania.

If I had my life to live over I wish I could be a great pianist or something.

Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match its total exposure.

...they tended towards the simple pleasures in life: drinking, whoring and fighting, preferably all three at once.

If it's been done, do it better. If it hasn't been done, do it so well that better is not an option.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

This isn't the old days where you can just say stuff and people will believe it.

You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly.

The verdict of the world is conclusive.