"My country is a disgrace to me, but you are a disgrace to your country."

"You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that y…"

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards. If you disgrace yourself, you can …"

"We do not wish to penalise the machine for its inability to shine in beauty competitions, nor to penalise a…"

"When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think s…"

"Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest…"

"Verily, the star of Azrael hovers over the birth of a beautiful woman, the King of the Dead laughs aloud, a…"