In my dreams of this city I am always lost.

I became a poet at the age of sixteen. I did not intend to do it. It was not my fault.

Pink is supposed to weaken your enemies, make them go soft on you, which must be why it's used for baby girls. It's a wonder the military hasn't got on to this.

Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.

Every novel is-at the beginning-the same opening of a door onto a completely unknown space.

Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.

... Remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.