We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.

My fellow journalists called themselves correspondents; I preferred the title of reporter. I wrote what I saw. I took no action -- even an opinion is a kind of action.

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

My passion for Sarah had killed simple lust forever. Never again would I be able to enjoy a woman without love.

What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment?

For God's sake stop making people in your image. Harry was real. He wasn't just your hero and my lover. He was Harry. He was in a racket. He did bad things. What about it? He was the man we knew.

To comfort me is like the wrong memory at the wrong place or time: if one is lonely one prefers discomfort.