A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.

Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.

Money was the manure of politics.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.

I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.