“But you always fall for somebody else and then it's all right. Fall for them but don't let them ruin you.”

“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again.""Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?""Yes. I want to ruin you.""Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”

“It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.”

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

“Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.”

“Never fall in love?""Always," said the count. "I am always in love.”

“In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it anymore.”