“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.”

“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”

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

“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.”

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

“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”

“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.”

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

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