“I'm a good person. In most ways. But I'm beginning to think that being a good person in most ways doesn't count for anything very much, if you're a bad person in one way.”

“And what would happen if we never read the classics? There comes a point in life, it seems to me, where you have to decide whether you're a Person of Letters or merely someone who loves books, and I'm beginning to see that the book lovers have more fun. ”

“I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.”

“I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand.”

“I guess I should have forgotten about it ages ago, but forgetting isn't something I'm very good at.”

“I'm coming to London next week, by the way, in unhappy circumstances. Are we getting on fine as we are? Or would you like a drink?”

“I don't believe in Heaven or anything. But I want to be the kind of person that qualifies for entry anyway.”