“They had come to the end of what they could talk about. Beyond that point there was nothing: the random thoughts of men who knew nothing.”

“There is something rather sexy about men who knew exactly what they are talking about. Men who might not be conventionally attractive, but who are obviously highly competent at their jobs.”

“A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of subjects at random as if he knew everything.”

“He had nothing he could do with is life's work now except leave it to a man who thought nothing of it.”

“Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he’s talking about.”

“I did not want to think so much about her. I wanted to take her as an unexpected, delightful gift, that had come and would go again — nothing more. I meant not to give room to the thought that it could ever be more. I knew too well that all love has the desire for eternity and that therein lies its eternal torment. Nothing lasts. Nothing.”