What chance combination of shadow and sound and his own thoughts had created it?

I know you have it in you, Guy, " Anne said suddenly at the end of a silence, "the capacity to be terribly happy.

The taste of Scotch, though Guy didn’t much care for it, was pleasant because it reminded him of Anne. She drank Scotch, when she drank. It was like her, golden, full of light, made with careful art.

I tell him his business, all business, is legalized throat-cutting, like marriage is legalized fornication.

I like to drink when I travel. It enhances things, don’t you think?

Because memory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present. In order to reach any kind of success in automobile racing, a driver must never remember.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine someone watching a boot stamping on a human face - forever...and ‘liking’ it.

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive.

I am not going to put my daughter under any sort of stresses.

I have become very good at clearing histories.

Don't get fancy. Have you cooked an apple pie? You don't know what you did wrong? Do this: Take two or three apples. Put them on a table. Study them.

Nice " Shane said. "I'm warming up to this bloodsucking thing Mikey." "No you're not." "Okay no I'm not but right now let's pretend I am.

This rule is so underrated: Keep your family and business completely separated.