It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking.

The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.

Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories. The past is never dead, it is not even past.

You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.

Menfolks listens to somebody because of what he says. Women don't. They don't care what he said. They listens because of what he is.

We could live like counts. ... If all that money is out there, I might as well hack a little on the side and put the novel off.

Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long.