“Intelligence is the wife, imagination is your mistress and memory is your slave.”
“Don't say 'wife.' I'm your mistress. Wife's such an ugly word. Your 'permanent mistress' is so much more tangible and desirable… .”
“You're a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in this world, your imagination.”
“Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.”
“Sir, your wife is living; that is a fact acknowledged this morning by yourself. If I lived with you as you desire, I should then be your mistress; to say otherwise is sophistical -- is false.”
“Like those dreaded dinner party words 'Longtime Companion' or "Partner.' Sometimes I just want to scream, 'is she your wife or is she your mistress? Please clarify the nature of your bloody relationship!”