Morality is a private and costly luxury.
You have to choose the best, every day, without compromise. . . guided by your own virtue and highest ambition
When it's done, it's done. And no one will know until it's done.
In Spain," indeed! He would have got no closer than the Indies if I had not showed him how to do it. Stupid puppy.
But Anne, do you love him?" I asked curiously. The curve of her hood hid all but the corner of her smile. "I am a fool to own it, but I am in a fever for his touch.
I wanted the heat and the sweat and the passion of a man that I could love and trust. And I wanted to give myself to him: not for advantage, but for desire.
She looked at me as if for a moment she would seek someone who would understand the dreadful predicament of a woman, in this world ruled by men.
I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.
I didn't lie; nobody calls me a liar, I may have increased my age.
I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you anything to declare?" He said "I have nothing to declare but my genius. " I said "I'll put that down as nothing then shall I?" For I am the wittiest man on Earth.
Vain empty words Of honour, glory and immortal fame, Can these recall the spirit from its place, Or re-inspire the breathless clay with life? What tho' your fame with all its thousand trumpets, Sound o'er the sepulchres, will that awake The sleeping dead.