“I had an appointment with a sexual deviant and I didn’t want to be late.”

“The pervert."
"He prefers to think of himself as sexual deviant."
"Semantics.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“I am proud of my individuality as a Communist that Arundhati sees as a flaw and my lack of deviant sexuality that Arundhati sees as a matter of credit”

E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1909–1998) Indian politician

“I had the evening to kill, but it didn’t want to die and fought back.”

Jack Finney book From Time to Time

“I am sorry Chris is late this morning. I could make something up about an appointment or a sickness, but the fact is that we woke up late. Go figure
Best,
Brother of Toph.”

Dave Eggers (1970) memoirist, novelist, short story writer, editor, publisher

“I had learned lately that wanting something and being able to pay for it were not the same.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Friday

“I realized that it was not that I didn’t want to go on without him. I did. It was just that I didn’t know why I wanted to go on”

Kay Redfield Jamison (1946) American bipolar disorder researcher

“I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“I said I didn’t want to run for president. I didn’t ask you to believe me.”

Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) American politician, Governor of New York

“I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.”

W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer