“as a childi supposei was not quitenormal.my happiest times werewheni was left alone inthe house on asaturday.”
“But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone.”
“I slunkoff in the direction of the cocktail table—the only place inthe garden where a single man could linger without lookingpurposeless and alone.”
“I would go with you through the fires of death. Yet am happiest alone.”
“I might like to believe that every day, every hour, every minute of every hour of every day with Henry was *not* the happiest time I ever knew. I might like to believe that I am remembering it that way only because the happiest time ever makes it a better story. Because that's all you have left after people are gone from you, some things and some stories.”
“If a man fights with truth, in time, he will be victorious. If he fights with lies, after he is exposed; in time, he will be left alone.”