A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae

People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about.

Maybe you can make art out of unredeemed pain, but only if you're a genius -- Dostoyevsky perhaps.

The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them.

If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.

In times of crisis human beings don't have it in them to be rational.