“Do people always fall in love with things they can't have?''Always,' Carol said, smiling, too.”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
“I think people often try to find through sex things that are much easier to find in other ways.”Patricia Highsmith book The Price of SaltSource: The Price of Salt
“She thought of people she had seen holding hands in movies, and why shouldn't she and Carol?”Patricia Highsmith book The Price of SaltSource: The Price of Salt