I was only kidding about the hundred," she says. oh," I say, "what will it cost me?" she lights her cigarette with my lighter and looks at me through the flame: her eyes tell me. look," I say, "I don't think I can ever pay that price again.

beware those quick to praise for they need praise in return beware those who are quick to censor they are afraid of what they do not know beware those who seek constant crowds for they are nothing alone beware the average man the average woman beware their love, their love is average seeks average

Your parents don't give you much love, do they?' 'I don't need that stuff,' I told her. 'Henry, everybody needs love.' 'I don't need anything.' 'You poor boy.

The world had somehow gone too far, and spontaneous kindness could never be so easy.

dogs and angels are not very far apart

I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one.

Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of mistakes; the more experience you have the less you know.