Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death.
Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone)
Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone.
There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is always alert, assessing reality in terms of its potential for illegal acts.
Lying contains the same hostile elements as a practical joke in that the 'victim' ends up looking foolish in his own eyes and laughable in everyone else's.
A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.
I hate nature. I really do. Nature is composed entirely of sticks, dirt, fall-down places, biting and stinging things, and savageries too numerous to list. And I'm not the only one who feels this way. Man has been building cities since the year oughty-ought, just to get away from this stuff.
To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.
He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?
If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.
If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.