I loved her and I loved no one else and we had a lovely magic time while we were alone. I worked well and we made great trips, and I thought we were invulnerable again, and it wasn't until we were out of the mountains in late spring, and back in Paris, that the other thing started again.

There are the two curses of Spain, the bulls and the priests.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.

Of all men the drunkard is the foulest. The thief when he is not stealing is like another. The extortioner does not practice in the home. The murderer when he is at home can wash his hands. But the drunkard stinks and vomits in this own bed and dissolves his organs in alcohol.

I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.

You’re my religion. You’re all I’ve got.