“The passions may be terrible, but the syllables are a relief.”

“Through engagement with others, literature lets us imagine what it would be like to be different.”

“And the flames are every colour of the rainbow.""They can't be," observed Daffy."Well, they are," she said cheekily. "Have you been there, that you know so much about it?""No," said Daffy, very calm, "but I'd wager I know more than you about the chemical processes of combustion."Mary rolled her eyes. Did he hope to dazzle her with syllables?”

“Chase your passion, not your pension.”

“The fact is that she was terribly undressed and I was extremely undressed too. The fact is that I still had my hand where she didn't have anything and she had hers where the same wasn't quite true of me. The fact is that I found myself underneath her and consequently she found herself on top of me.”

“Let your voice be heard, whether or not it is to the taste of everyjack-in-office who may be obstructing the traffic. By all means, render untoCaesar that which is Caesar's -- but this does not necessarily includeeverything that he says is his.”

“I am wholly yours - you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours.”