I will never, ever drink whiskey again. From now on, it's strictly sherry.

Mawah meenon ne le plus poohlala," I say with an affected bow.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice... No one can live in the light all the time.

She smiled as sweetly as a show poster for the glorified, all-American Ziegfeld girl just before dumping her second cigarette into Wally’s fresh cup of coffee.

The trouble with morning is that it comes well before noon.

- So my own sister will not promote me? Speaking of which, weren't you supposed to find me a beautiful future wife with a small fortune? Have you had any success on that front? - Yes - I have warned them all.