“Take them and claim their deaths as your reclamation to life.”

“In any perfect relationship men should remember it's a matter of direction; she takes what's right and you take what's left.”

“Knowledge is power, wisdom is power with a purpose.”

“And youth, though they see every day the cradle and grave shaped so alike, never believe death will happen to them. I told you it was a comedy.”

“Love and hell are alike in that respect; they are what you bring to them. The script is yours; only the props are furnished.”

“There’s not a stone or leaf or life that men won’t put a name to. It gives them a nice safe box to collect things in. They get in the habit of collecting things and end up surprised at the weight they’re carrying. A dream they thought might fit someday, something bright and sweet like a woman, picked up for her shine and somehow never left or at least never forgotten. Or an ambition! There’s a fine item in any man’s bag. A great, glowing ambition. They never fade, never wear even when you’ve outgrown them. Always there to look at and remember and play might-have-been.”

“I'm looking into my past lives. I'm convinced some of them still owe me money.”