“what more scoundrelly trick could you have played on us?”
“It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.”
“A couple of times, I could have turned a trick. But I didn’t want to start. I knew how it would play. When you started thinking it was easy, you were forgetting what it cost.”
“I also remembered that you were beautiful.""Memory does play tricks on us.""No. Your face is the same, but I don't remember what beautiful means anymore.”
“When you don't know enough about life to know what you might have missed out on, your imagination plays wicked tricks on you.”
“Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.”