Where did you go to school?” Piers inquired. “Your all together too literate for a butler. Most bulters I know say things like as you wish, my lord, and leave it at that. Our conversations should be along these lines: Prufrock, bring me a wench and then you would say, as you wish.

You don't know how easy death is. It's - it's like a door. A person simply walks through it, and she's lost to you forever.

In case there is any question in your mind," he said, cupping her face with his hands. "What I want, what I most desire, the loveliest sight on this dark earth, is you.

Life should not be measured by time. The only thing that counts is how one uses the time one has.

Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know all his thoughts.

It’s better to live like a flame, to know a man and love him even if he can’t be yours, then never to love at all.

Some say writing is its own reward. I write for money, but writing for money is not so bad, especially when that writing brings you joy.