“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The ...”

“The true measure of a man is how he treats you when others are not looking.”

“(Regarding Marriage) Both people need to care deeply about the other person, to put the others needs before their own, and to make a daily commitment to that person to stick it out.”

“Incredible how quickly a world can change. How my entire person, our friendship, can be reduced to nothing, with just one confession.”

“The heart is stubborn. It holds onto love despite what sense and emotion tells it. And it is often, in the battle of those three, the most brilliant of all.”

“I hate societys notion that there is something wrong with sex. Something wrong with a woman who loves sex.”

“You want to be free. You also want to be mine. You can't be both.”

“Refusing dominance over others by using money is a clear sign of wisdom.”

“The psychological components of war have not gone awaydominance, vengeance, callousness, tribalism, groupthink, self-deception”

“What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you.”

“Can a magician kill a man by magic? Lord Wellington asked Strange.Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. I suppose a magician might, he admitted, but a gentleman never could.”

“A gentleman willNever allow a ladyTo feel less than grand.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”