He was so terrible that he was no longer terrible, only dehumanized.

It is not necessarily poverty of spirit that makes a woman surround herself with life - it can be a superabundance of interest.

in crowded rooms they would form words with their lips for each other's eyes

She smiled, a moving childish smile that was like all the lost youth in the world.

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.

Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.

I might have enjoyed the company of a woman or two... Or three but that had never stopped me from loving you.