Prettiness fades after a few years, but elegance only increases with age.

If you were mine, I'd never leave you, Prudence. I couldn't.

Yes. And when a rake finally falls, he falls forever.

What the dev— er, deuce did you do that for? It hurt!”“Good, ” said the angel. “I was afraid these new shoes would not be sturdy enough.

Did he know she could barely think, let alone speak, for awareness of proximity of his fingers?Of course he knew. He was a rake. This is what he did.

I could still box your ears.”“Nonsense, ” he scoffed. “You couldn’t reach that high.

I was shy, ” said six-foot-one of bashful male. He grunted as a sharp, feminine elbow thudded inconspicuously into his side.

Do you think ladies’ eyebrows can communicate as well?” she asked.“No, they don’t have sufficient thicketry, ” he said with authority.“Thicketry?”“Yes, that is the official term.

Lord Carradice managed to look wicked, smug, and saintly, all at the same time.

Why is it that married people always say "Come in" when everything they do says "Get out"? They talk about their miseries and then ask you why you're unmarried.

... but we’ll be back for dinner … especially if you’re having soup de jour!”“Now, Troy! You know very well that soup de jour means ‘soup of the day.’ It changes every time!

Love is about filling up the space, not making more holes.

There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up.

'Free Fallin' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.

You're a prisoner of your own illusions - about yourself and about the world.

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.

Learning always involves self-transcendence. Learning calls forth what is in us, helping us to move toward authenticity and wholeness.

The man who has many answers is often found in the theaters of information where he offers, graciously, his deep findings. While the man who has only questions, to comfort himself, makes music.

The higher the rate, the more interest there is in avoiding the tax. Either you move or you shift your profits overseas, as American corporations have proven very good at doing.