Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.

As the end of the what is called the 'sexual life' the only love which has lasted is the love which has everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen years.

A ruling passion gives to a shelf of novels the unity of a system.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

Never presume yours is a better morality.

love had turned into "love affair" with a begining and an end.