How would that premise stand up if he examined it? That was probably why the Communists were always cracking down on Bohemiansism. When you were drunk or when you committed adultery you recognised you...

Hero might have enjoyed the evening spent at Almack's Assembly Rooms, but it had not been one of unmixed pleasure for her escort, while for one other person it had been an evening of almost unleavened...

Hardest of all, as one becomes older, is to accept that sapient remarks can be drawn from the most unwelcome or seemingly improbable sources, and that the apparently more trustworthy sources can lead...

Grant was forty-two and Lee fifty-seven, Grant at the peak of health and energy, while Lee feared his weakening body and lagging faculties. Each was defending his notion of home. Grant by now was the...

Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots! I said keeping my voice down. Will you just put a stopper in it?She looked at me and sighed. Girl, do you ever take a breath and wonde...

Genius had its rewards.

Fill me in on the details of your life.I thought you didn’t give a shit.It’ll give me something to do while I wait for you to stab me to death.

De hecho, ¿qué es leer sino dibujar en el silencioso cinematógrafo de nuestra mente una de las cosas que el escritor nos describe con letras?

But it is not everything in life that has its ticket, so much. There are things that are not for sale.

Believing is essential when changing any behavior

A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.

Lady Danbury leaned forward. Even Hyacinth leaned forward, and she was holding the book.

My jewelry's all fake - from Claire's. Or I get it from my mom's boutique in Barbados.

The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.

My favourite road I've ever been on ain't paved.

When a friend of mine boasted about living in a gated community, I thought he meant Folsom, and I wondered whether he knew Charles Manson.

[on Martin Freeman playing Bilbo Baggins] It was great. I got to hang out with him, and I kept a straight face for a bit and then I started giggling because I know Martin, I don't know Bilbo. For Mart...

Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They're emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention. Because of this they use a multitude of games, in order to...

It is very important to concentrate on hitting the U.S. economy through all means possible

Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.