“Říká se, že noční krásy skomírají zasvítání a k dětem vína se v ranním světle často nikdo nehlásí.”

“La muerte es tan... definitiva! Mientras que la vida está llena de posibilidades”

“Even the finest of jugglers cannot keep a hundred balls in the air forever.”

“She could not bear to look at him just now. If she did, she might well slap him again. Or cry. Or kiss him. And never know which was right and which was wrong and which was madness.”

“Warum sollte der Tod einen Mann ehrlicher oder gar klüger machen? Die Toten sind wahrscheinlich dumme Kerle, die sich unaufhörlich beklagen - die Erde ist zu kalt, mein Grabstein sollte größer sein, warum hat er mehr Würmer als ich...”

“The wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover.”

“Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world if treachery and deceit.”