"He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other."
"Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it."
"Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant."
"Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mouth full:Because I was happy."
"What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you."
"I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."