This was just no fun. I wanted my brain back.

And I was having too much fun to stop now.

It’s an odd term, 'girlfriend,' particularly for grown persons. And in practice it provides an even odder concept. Generally speaking, in adults it described a woman, not a girl, who was willing to provide sex, not friendship. In fact, from what I had observed it was quite possible for one to actively dislike one’s girlfriend, although of course true hatred is reserved for marriage.

A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches

Mutilated corpses with a chance of afternoon showers. I got dressed and went to work.

Nothing in life is fair. Fair is a dirty word and I'll thank you not to use that language around me.

For my part, my interest in Paris had faded away completely long ago when I learned that it was in France.