During the luncheon he paid attention to no one except his own phantoms.

In the end he read everything that came his way, and he did not have a favorite author but rather many who had been favorites at different times.

I am condemned to a theatrical destiny.

No matter whom I'm with I'll always be alone, " she said. And she added with a roguish touch: "Excellency.

I'll never fall in love again, " he once confessed to José Palacios, the only human being with whom he ever permitted himself that sort of confidence. "It's like having two souls at the same time.

Merciful God!" sighed the General. "We've arrived." And it was true. For there was the sea, and on the other side of the sea was the world.

It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

The thing is, I don't even hate cops. To tell you the truth, I actually feel a little sorry for them.

I let my face go blank and nodded slowly. "Yes. The trolls. Back. With me. Cannot form. Complete sentences." I shook my head. "Yeah, so not happening.

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.

Nothing is as important as the biggest day in your life.

The man who invented instant pudding was moved to action by an inability to wait for pudding.

FISHER SEES STOCKS PERMANENTLY HIGH

By the bye, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sort of chaperon , for I am put on the sofa near the fire and can drink as much wine as I like.

I love traveling and I love seeing new places and meeting new people, but at the same time, it takes a certain amount of emotional strength to gel with that, at least for me.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.