“Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.”

“This is how anger works. It hardens your tender skin and gives you the illusion of being wrapped in steel”

“It's strange, isn't it? The greatest gift you could have given her stemmed from your disgrace. It's enough to make me start going to church.”

“No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book, or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.”

“All you have shall some day be given; therefore give now that the season of giving is yours and not your inheritors.”

“Feminism means having a choice. And feminism doesn't care which choices you make, either. Just that you have them. The point has never been to establish some principled refusal to give yourself to another human being. The point is to make sure you can give yourself--or not give yourself--of your free will.”