But you're beautiful, and the beautiful should be given whatever they want." "Hey, what about the ugly ones?" "The ugly ones." She poked her tongue out. "It's their fault if their ugly. They're to be blamed, not pitied.

I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.

What a quality of innocence people have when they don't expect to be harmed.

My pleasures disappeared with my vices.

Security and safety were the reward of dullness.

If you want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses.

I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.