"I could give you my word as a Spaniard," Inigo said. "No good," the man in black replied. "I've known too many Spaniards."

Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?" "I just want you to feel you're doing well. I hate for people o die embarrassed.

Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.

The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate.

A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite

Look. (Grown-ups skip this paragraph) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first line how it was my favorite in all the world. But there's a lot of bad stuff coming.

You're an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance," Domingo said.