She was luxuriously tired and her muscles felt sore from the unaccustomed strain of riding astride. Nothing had ever tasted so good as the cool golden ale she swallowed from a pewter tankard. She slept deeply that night and longer than she had intended.
Adultery is not a crime, it's an amusement.
Everything matters, but nothing matters very much.
Success is often harder to take than failure.
I think Americans love success - but hate the people who have it.
the end of anything is a relief. In every relationship, even the most valuable, there are certain unpleasant tensions - and the ending of it snaps those taut inner wires.