“What living occasion can,Be just to the absent?”
“Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten.”
“Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, on occasion, be just a bit nice. And I've been searching for a nice girl who can, on occasion, be just a bit wicked.”
“You can serve high tea around the dining room table, but afternoon tea is more of a living room occasion, with everything brought in on a tray or a cart.”
“He [my father] wasn't as bad towards me as he was to mum. Just absent.”
“You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.”