[He] didn't like dreams because they were even worse than his real life.

I'm always cheerful and polite. But when it matters I say what I think - cheerfully and politely

That was the most terrible thing that a woman could to a decent man: look vulnerable and ask him for mercy. If he refused her he'd be denying all his instincts…

She got out of the car in a smooth motion that [he] found attractive precisely because it did not seem designed to make men watch her do it

For milkmaids and queens and gipsy-princesses Dream and kiss blindfold or starve upon guesses.

Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my …

Cloud cuckoo land