You hear, Eugene?' said Lightwood over his shoulder. 'You are deeply interested in lime. ' 'Without lime,' returned that unmoved barrister at law, 'my existence would be unilluminated by a ray of hope.
All you need to be a fisherman is patience and a worm.
Our doctor would never really operate unless it was necessary. He was just that way. If he didn't need the money, he wouldn't lay a hand on you.
Conversation is three women stand on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves.
The true novelist is one who understands the work as a continuous poem, is a myth-maker, and the wonder of the art resides in the endless different ways of telling a story.
Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be something we used to fear.
If your time is worth anything, travel by air. If not, you might just as well walk.
Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love.