“I know what they'd like, they'd like a blank they could fill in. A person already filled in disturbs them terribly.”Patricia Highsmith book The Price of SaltSource: The Price of Salt
“He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and the people were the blood, circulating everywhere.”Patricia Highsmith book The Talented Mr. RipleySource: The Talented Mr. Ripley
“Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh.”Patricia Highsmith book The Price of SaltSource: The Price of Salt