“Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant quiet place. He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts tha...”

“I am in full possession of the amazing power of being sarcastic.”

“Real life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work.”

“My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.”

“I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good.”

“In two words," said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half as much as you.”

“The sins of women and children, domestic servants and the weak, the poor and the ignorant, are the sins of the husbands and fathers, the masters, the strong and the rich and the educated.”

“I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin.”

“Told often enough that they are the source of sin, women may well begin feeling guilty as they accept the necessity for penance. Taught effectively enough that they are irrelevant to the important ...”