The story was writing itself and I was having a hard time keeping up with it.
There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.
A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists, all powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death.
No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.
The writer's job is to tell the truth.
I'm not unfaithful, darling. I've plenty of faults but I'm very faithful. You'll be sick of me I'll be so faithful.