Don't say 'wife.' I'm your mistress. Wife's such an ugly word. Your 'permanent mistress' is so much more tangible and desirable… .

Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses

A sense of responsibility would spoil her. She's too pretty.

They talked aimlessly back and forth, each speaking for the other.

If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee gotten rid of - everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side.

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.