Rocinante was of more value for a true traveller than a jet plane. Jet planes were for business men.
They are always saying God loves us. If thats love Id rather have a bit of kindness.
Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.
That instinct for human character that is perhaps inherent in an imaginative writer.
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.
It was as though our love were a small creature caught in a trap and bleeding to death: I had to shut my eyes and wring its neck.