There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped'; growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief.

It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.

God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that is the meaning of evolution.

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we really belong.

One never knows enough about characters in real life to put them into novels. One gets started and then, suddenly, one can not remember what toothpaste they use; what are their views on interior decoration, and one is stuck utterly. No, major characters emerge; minor ones may be photographed.

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

You don't bless what you love...It's when you want to love and you can't manage it. You stretch out your hands and you say God forgive me that I can't love but bless this thing anyway...We have to bless what we hate...It would be better to love, but that's not always possible.