“It's like zen. Only not as subtle.”

“When you only dream of doing one thing for the majority of your life, it's almost unfathomable to think about doing anything else. You don't know how. It's all you ever wanted and you'll not only fight like hell to get there, you'll fight like hell to stay.”

“But to be liked, you must never disagree. And if you never disagree, it's like only breathing in and never breathing outl A man can suffocate on courtesy. What if God wanted to be liked instead of loved? What if the almighty delayed every decision until He was sure it would please the majority?”

“It's like we're a catastrophe waiting to happen.”

“Pues bien -sentenció Mateo-, eso fue lo que hizo nuestro Dios. Le quitó alprimer hombre una simple costilla, pero, a cambio, le dio una mujer.”

“Someone misdirected you [...] Most writers in New York don't do much writing. They spend their time talking and drinking bootleg liquor. That's what we do, at any rate.”

“Kissed me like he was a man starving for oxygen and I was the only air he needed to breathe.”