27 quotes
'He wasn't just being selfish, he was being realistic. Marriage would have been very difficult if not downright impossible.'
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
Kester wrote about people and since human nature doesn't change his observations hadn't dated.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
'Bloody men! sometimes I feel I hate them all.'
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
Recovering from an ill-starred romance is, after all, to anyone of sufficient will-power and self-respect, purely an attitude of mind.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
Man cannot live on charm alone, and an ambitious man cannot live on anything less than wealth, good social connections and substantial political influence.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
But magic can't operate without a magician, and being a magician can beat a man to his knees.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
Sexual desire has to be dead as a doornail before a man and a woman can be genuinely at peace in a platonic relationship.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
'Little girls don't stay playmates. Little girls become big girls and big girls become sweethearts.'
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
There are standards of immorality as well as standards of morality, Robert. Make sure yours are high.'
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
One must be rational about such matters and being rational need not mean being cold.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
'I could always walk out on a husband. But I could never turn my back on a friend.'
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
Boredom on social occasions is an inescapable hazard for the over-educated, and for the over-ambitious it must be endured.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
Christ, all you psychiatrists think about is sex — sex, sex, sex, sex, sex ...
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
True doppelgängers should never meet face-to-face, you know.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
Redemption's just a word and as I'm not a Christian it means nothing to me.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
'The English don't have opinions about the Irish. They have prejudices.'
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
A rational disposition must necessarily preclude a romantic outlook in life, and only the failures of this world can afford to dispense with a rational disposition.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
What a bloody jungle income tax is! It's a wonder we don't all go on strike and refuse to pay.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
To be distracted is pardonable. To be incoherent is simply unobliging.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)
Again, be patient. And have courage. Remember, everything passes, even the most unspeakable horrors.
The Wheel of Fortune (1984)