The mystery of desire was way beyond the conceptual abilities of Jules Jacobson. It was like ... robotics. Just another subject that she couldn’t understand at all.

After a certain age, you felt a need not to be alone. It grew stronger, like a radio frequency, until finally it was so powerful that you were forced to do something about it.

Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie?

But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still, there was power in once having known someone.

There was no life Dennis burned to live except, it seemed, a life that wasn't depressed.

Is there anything sadder than the scrawniest little piece of uneaten chicken at a dinner party?”“Hmm, ” said Jules. “Yes. The Holocaust.

If someone said 'diametrically, ' could 'opposed' be far behind?

Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent.

Jealousy was essentially "I want what you have, " while envy was "I want what you have, but I also want to take it away so you can't have it.

Twitter, " said Manny, waving his hand. "You know what that is? Termites with microphones.

No, of course not. I just feel content, ” she said carefully.“That’s an old person’s word, ” said Ethan.

In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.

In order for you to receive, someone else has to give. That’s called sacrifice.

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Until the late-nineteenth-century the House of Commons maintained a formal ban on the reporting of its debates.

Enjoy yourself -it's later than you think.

A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.

I'm Wolf Blitzer and yes, that's my real name.

It is mostly with your blood, Gala that I paint my pictures

Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.