I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

Anyone can be killed.

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me.

His eyes were open wounds beneath his heavy brows, a blue as dark as the sea by night.

I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.

No man should live longer than his teeth.

So be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear.