Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

She felt the abyss of disenchantment.

The fact is that being seductive is an addiction that can never be satisfied.

Seeing him like this, dressed just for her in so patent a manner, she could not hold back the fiery blush that rose to her face. She was embarrassed when she greeted him, and he was more embarrassed by her embarrassment. The knowledge that they were behaving as if they were sweethearts was even more embarrassing, and the knowledge that they were both embarrassed embarrassed them so much that Captain Samaritano noticed it with a tremor of compassion.

He was healthier than the rest of us, but when you listened with the stethoscope you could hear the tears bubbling inside his heart.

The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin.

As a writer I'm merely a journalist who has learned to write better than others.