The helpless ecstasy of loosing himself in her charm was a powerful opiate rather than a tonic.

You know, you’re a little complicated after all.” “Oh no,” she assured him hastily. “No, I’m not really - I’m just a - I’m just a whole lot of different simple people.

I want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be doing things, because that makes me feel comfortable and safe - and I want some of them to be doing nothing at all, because they can be graceful and companionable for me.

Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.

I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound.

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

Have a drink Tom and then you won't feel so foolish to yourself.