“The Law of Diminishing Returns is true of everything in life, except sex, which seems endlessly repeatable with effect.”

“The pleasure of novelty is by its very nature more subject than any other to the laws of diminishing returns.”

“There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme”

“But the thing which in eminent instances signalizes so exceptional a nature is this: Though the man's even temper and discreet bearing would seem to intimate a mind peculiarly subject to the law of reason, not the less in heart he would seem to riot in complete exemption from that law, having apparently little to do with reason further than to employ it as an ambidexter implement for effecting the irrational.”

“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”

“Things happen once only and are never repeated, never return. Except in memory.”