Time curses all, I thought, except the truth.

Childhood devotions make unfaithful and fickle lovers.

That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone changed my life.

It was a well-known fact that the richness of buttery foods led to the moral ruin and confusion of the intellect.

Those were the words she wanted to hear and she finally surrendered to the temptation of believing them.

I wandered off, walking through streets that seemed emptier than ever, thinking that if I didn't stop, if I kept on walking, I wouldn't notice that the world I thought I knew was no longer there.

If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.