Isabelle

“My father hated me chiefly because I was revolting but also because I was expensive.”
― Quentin Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant

“The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.”
― James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce

“What's that smell in this room? Didn't you notice it, Brick? Didn't you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room? There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity. You can smell it. It smells like death.

—Big Daddy”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

“We've had this date with each other from the beginning.”
― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire