He was a lovely man in many ways. But he kept on insisting on forgiving me when there was nothing to forgive.

Love is desire sustained by unfulfilment.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

A fairy tale is the kind of story in which one king goes to another king to borrow a cup of sugar

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why? Because, she said. You know that's no answer. You're spoiling your pretty looks, pet. Come here. She did not move. He ground out his cigarette on the window-ledge and laughed. Come here, he said again, softly. So she went.