He had the muscular definition of a man who had spent his life restraining elephants in heat.

Your eyes betray a sadness that only a worthy man can conjure, but never solve

... the poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow.

.... does a fair trial necessarily amount to a fair outcome?

Professor, when people say such things after impossibility smacks them in the face, we call it denial

... cynicism is the only tool that can scrape away the tint off rose-coloured glasses.

I appreciate the gesture, but you don't have to undress in order to apologize

Never is a man more proud than when he shuffles paper in front of an illiterate person.

Blood is a reservoir of delights. It is a treasure trove for those who know what to look for, and how to isolate it from the rest of the junk. I know how to do both.

The funnel of my family’s salvation must continue narrowing towards the gallows. That journey cannot begin at the parted tips of another woman’s toes

Abel Muranda fought off furious red ants with mandibles that could cut through a miser's padlock.

Anyway, I don't trust those people who poke around sad people's minds and tell them how interesting it all is up there. It's not interesting.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Do you normally turn up in gentlemen's bedrooms in the middle of the night? If I'd known that, I would have campaigned harder to make sure Charlotte let you stay.

He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy.

Art strives for structure, and aspires for magnificence.

I like to go wakeboarding. It's my new favorite sport. It's like skiing but on a snowboard that has little shoes on it.

In love you don't doubt, no question. Only when you think you doubt, but when you love you don't doubt, you just love because you enjoy love. And that's why love is joy and joy is love.

I passionately believe in heroes, but I think the world has changed its criteria in determining who it describes as a hero.

Every girl wants to play Bridget Jones.

The first task of the poet is to create the person who will write the poems.