“I tiger can smileA snake will say it loves youLies make us evil”
“No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.”
“I miss you because memoryis a kind editor.The past is a long scroll andin it is the story of us,told with gentle metaphor, andwords that bringyou back and back, even as youlie there, lying.”
“Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.”
“I make love like a snake disguised as an elephant and a donkey. But I mustn’t talk about sexual congress and Congress simultaneously. ”
“I peer at them, noticing that they all say things like “A STEAL AT $ 3,999!” or “THEY DON’T MAKE ’EM ANYMORE” or “PURRS LIKE A TIGER CUB.”