He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had wasted earth.

If you are strong enough, there are no precedents.

He had no plans, no definite intentions, except to kiss her lips again, to hold her in his arms.

A lot of young girls together is a romantic secret thing like the first sight of wild ducks at dawn.

They were smiling at each other as if this was the beginning of the world.

From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Building.

A writer wastes nothing.