Sometimes silence was easiest, when the only word left was good-bye.

What happened to your stammer?" "I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people." "No one's ever told me that I'm a comfortable sort. I'm sure I don't like it. I'll have to do something diabolical soon to correct your impression.

I have come to realize you can never be truly happy unless you've known some sorrow.

Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.

Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another.

Roy received my comments with a forced smile. "Hardy, didn't I warn you not to date a woman who reads?" Hardy seemed amused by my outspokenness. "Keeps the arguing to a minimum," he replied. "No point in trying when I know she's going to win.