the true and the plausible are rarely the same..

Privacy is like sleep - something you don't appreciate until you have to go without it..

Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says?.

the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives..

Money is an acquired taste. But, once acquired, it becomes an addiction..

money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed..

Were modern cities only beautiful after darkness hid everything but their lights?.

Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather than the rebel, who pulls down the….

In a city you thought of all life as human life. You had to live in the heart of the woods to realize that humanity was a slight ripple on the surfac….

Diamonds are the tears of the poor..

The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal..