He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business.

To hell with the Church when it becomes a State and the hell with the State when it becomes a Church.

Fish," the old man said. "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?

To be successful in writing, use short sentences.

I do not think I had ever seen a nastier-looking man. Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist.

He did not say that because he knew that if you said a good thing it might not happen.

I am always in love.