Only a fool worries over what he can’t control.

You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.

To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable.

Reading aloud sounds like a good idea, but honestly, it doesn't work very well. Good dialogue in a book doesn't actually bear much resemblance to real-life dialogue. For example, if you've ever seen a word-for-word transcript of people talking, it doesn't read off the page very well. The trick is to make it *seem* like it's being spoken, not to make it speakable.

Metal rusts, music lasts forever.

We all become what we pretend to be.

The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.