You can't blame a writer for what the characters say. - Truman Capote

There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos. There's at least some terrible story. I know from experience that there's always something terribly flawed about people who are tattooed, above some little something that Johnny had done in the Navy, even though that's a bad sign...It's terrible. Psychologically it's crazy. Most people who are tattooed, it's the sign of some feeling of inferiority, they're trying to establish some macho identification for themselves.

Oh Jesus God we did belong to each other. He was mine.

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