A severed femoral artery empties itself faster than you can believe.

Don't you drink? I notice you speak slightingly of the bottle. I have drunk since I was fifteen and few things have given me more pleasure.

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.

All bad writers are in love with the epic.

There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow.

[Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race!

You don't have to destroy me. Do you?