“She gave me for my pains a world of sighs.”
“She gave me a pain in the ass, but she was very good looking.”
“Tell my mother I stopped feeling frightened once I told myself they couldn't inflict half as much pain on me as she suffered when she gave birth to me.”
“You gave her your heart, and she gave you the bird.” Nïx sighed. “Songs will be written about this.”
“Another sigh came from the window-- quite a resigned sigh. 'She's life and hope and happiness, my whole world now.' He felt the quiver of a tear on his eyelid.”
“There’s less violence in my world compared to yours,” she insisted. Spade sighed. “No, darling. There are only different reasons for it.”