“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”
“There are occasions when girls like Bathsheba will put up with a great deal of unconventional behavior. When they want to be praised, which is often; when they want to be mastered, which is sometimes; and when they want no nonsense, which is seldom.”
“if it's the best of anything, i have to have one. (when passing a food stand claiming to serve the world's best subways)”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Often, love is a tangled web of lies that only a broken heart would weave. Seldom is dishonesty the whole person, rather it's the pain.”
“In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.”
“Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.”