There is no such thing as an ex-exhibitionist.

The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future.

the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.

Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.

Shrews are made, not born.

You can't drown your troubles ... because troubles can swim.

When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none.

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.

I wish people would quit telling me to think. I think. Thinking's easy. It's not thinking that's hard.

Violence is the instinctive response to fear.

If you relax your mind, it can begin working for you.

I am not responsible for what another man thinks. I do claim responsibility for helping another man think

I think a lot of people are aware of the things I do, but maybe because of who I am, they don't want to report the good things about Albert Belle.

I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight.

Soldier or sailor, the fighting man is but a fiend; and the staff and body-guard of the Devil musters many a baton.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself.

You've been doing something bad since the moment you met me, lass.

It's a travesty for the games. It's cutting into the heart of this community.

Prudery is ignorance.

Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour.