"Said I, in perfect fucking French."

"I came to New York to see what I could see — that's from a children's book, isn't it? — and to find the living part."

"The most common term in the New Testament for Jesus Christ is again Lord in the Greek Kyrios; Lord. What does it mean? It means sovereign. It means absolute owner so that if we have a Lord we are His …"

"In a perfect world, you could fuck people without giving them a piece of your heart. And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you’ll never see again."

"A poem round and perfect as a star."