"I never felt that I had been a part of anything, or that I had belonged anywhere."

"I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should b…"

"Life is essentially a cheat and a disappointment to a man who has attained forty years, who has for twenty years sweet-talked himself into the believe that life was a good thing."

"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."

"I'm not a fan of heaven. I'm a fan of hell."