This was a crime of passion, but unlike most crimes of passion, it had been meticulously and diabolically well-planned.

Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story.

Vi siete mai chiesti quanto vale una vita umana? Quella mattina la vita di mio fratello valeva un orologio da taschino.

How did I end up in this situation? I'm the district sales manager of a napkin factor. Why is my daughter in space?

You know I love you,' said the other mother flatly.'You have a very funny way of showing it,' said Coraline.

When you touch a man's body, he will enjoy the moment, when you touch a man's heart he will remember it forever.

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

A force de peindre la vie des autres, il avait oublié de peindre la sienne."On ne se tue pas pour une femme (2000)

Miz Ellen, what do you carry in that handbag of yours that has enough wallop to knock down a full-grown man? - Dan Landry

He felt as though the bones of his ribcage were snapping beneath the weight of the stone that God had laid over his heart.

Religion and nationalism? I defecate on the altar of religious conviction, and wipe my arse on the flag of national pride.

Our aim is to make the world more beautiful than it was when we came into it. It can be done. You can do it--love yourself

(M)ysteries in fiction are seldom as insoluble as those in life, as most writers can't resist the lure of omniscience.

That’s what fiction is for. It’s for getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth.

My mind skidded round a very short track and passed the finish line in a matter of seconds without any sensible conclusion.