“There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme”
“There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.”
“The Law of Diminishing Returns is true of everything in life, except sex, which seems endlessly repeatable with effect.”
“Nature taking its course - hunter and prey, the endless circle of life and death.”
“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.”
“Her face ... was a one-of-a-kind, a surprising variation on a familiar theme - a variation that made observers think, Yes - that would be another very nice way for people to look. What Beatrice had done with her face, actually, was what any plain girl could do. She overlaid it with dignity, suffering, intelligence, and a piquant dash of bitchiness.”