the relationship between the two men was something of a miracle in itself. It was a cordiality based, apparently, on complete non-comprehension cemented by a deep mutual respect for the utterly unknown. No two men saw less eye to eye and the result was unexpected harmony, as if a dog and a fish had mysteriously become friends and were proud each of the other's remarkable dissimilarity to himself.

Only the united beat of sex and heart can create ecstasy.

It's pitch, sex is. Once you touch it, it clings to you.

Outrage, combining as it does shock, anger, reproach, and helplessness, is perhaps the most unmanageable, the most demoralizing of all the emotions.

Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.

the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat.

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.