“I don't care about truth. I want some happiness.”

“He's sensitive and I don't want him to break his heart over somebody who doesn't care about him.”

“What was it? Why won't you tell me?""I don't want to break down your illusions.""My dear man, I have no illusions about you.""I mean illusions about yourself.”

“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”

“I want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be doing things, because that makes me feel comfortable and safe - and I want some of them to be doing nothing at all, because they can be graceful and companionable for me.”

“I guess I'm the Black Death,' he said slowly. 'I don't seem to bring people happiness any more.”

“All she wanted was to be a little girl, to be efficiently taken care of by some yielding yet superior power, stupider and steadier than herself. It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream”