His master plan was already dead$$$ as his master plans usually were.

And what's life$$$ if it isnt invention? Starting with inventing yourself.

Austerity pleased her — it gave her the comfort of sacrifice.

In Lacon's world$$$ direct questions were the height of bad taste$$$ but direct answers were worse.

Few men can resist expressing their appetites when they're making a fantasy about themselves.

To be and to have meaning are the same.

Survival...is an infinite capacity for suspicion.

To possess another language is to possess another soul.

There will be no war$$$ but in the pursuit of principle no stone will be left standing.

It's the oldest question of all. Who can spy on the spies?