He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.

The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.

You're drunk, and I'm drunk, and I'm just exactly drunk enough to tell you anything you want to know. That's the kind of girl I am. If I like a person, I'll tell them anything they want to know. Just ask me. Go ahead, ask me.

I like women. I really like women.

I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.

Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.

The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered