They talked about nothing in particular, sentences that had meaning only in the sound of the voices, in warm gaiety, in the ease of complete relaxation.

Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, marking vulnerable points.

Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants.

It's such a waste to be subtle and vicious with people who don't even know that you're being subtle and vicious

Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person they sleep with and I will tell you their valuation of themselves.

She thought: at this moment, the glass stem between his fingers feels just like the one between mine. We have this much in common.