“Better still, I pay you. And I pay you very well, which is the only real form of flattery in this whorish world.”
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”
“To pay flattery their country will bleed.”
“I live my life in pursuit of truth and beauty. It doesn't pay very well.”
“Roget looked so profoundly timid. What is it like, working for a well-dressed lunatic who pays you triple what anyone else would pay to forget your better judgment?”
“If there were any way for me to become human for you - no matter what the price was, I would pay it."I sat very still absorbing this. Edward thought he was being selfish.”