The future can always wait so long as the here-and-now is rapturous.

- Philip Sington

And then they would watch her closely as the dark, coagulated masses took form before her eyes, became flesh and bone, became gradually human. For al…

- Philip Sington

I wanted her body and soul, but body first.

- Philip Sington

To rehearse imaginary conversations on paper is called literature. To do so out loud is called madness.

- Philip Sington

I have found that in fiction one is freer to speak the truth, if only because in fiction the truth is not expected or required. You may easily disgui…

- Philip Sington

One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want.

- Philip Sington

Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration, it almost…

- Philip Sington

All writers are insecure, the male ones especially. It's well known. Why else would they spend so much time on make-believe? They're only happy in th…

- Philip Sington

We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards.

- Philip Sington