“Victory is in the quality of the competition, not just the final score.”
“Score one for Team Kendall, Payton thought.Not that it was a competition between them.Not at all.”
“The only important statistic is the final score.”
“the torturer scores a victory over his victim when the latter, in the grip of doubt, begins to torture himself.”
“there are very few of us that do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary”
“Women were also urged to work on a mysterious quality called 'fascination.' Coming of age in the 1920's was a competitive business...”