To me$$$ the greatest pleasure of writing is not what its about$$$ but the inner music that words make.

She was a triumph over ugliness$$$ so often more beguiling than real beauty$$$ if only because it contains paradox.

I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions$$$ but never before.

He'd always been willing to confess his faults$$$ for$$$ by admitting them$$$ it was as if he made them no longer exist.

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Clocks indeed must have their sacrifice: what is death but an offering to time and eternity?

It is well known that women outlive men; could it merely be superior vanity that keeps them going?

Nancy clutter is always in a hurry$$$ but she always has time. And that is the definition of a lady.

Isn't that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?

The only way to retrieve a secret$$$ once known$$$ is to replace it with a lie.