“Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.”

“I had always been man enough to ruin myself without help.”

“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.”

“Prentice: Unnatural vice can ruin a man.
Rance: Ruin follows the accusation not the vice.”

“I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did.”

“A man is a god in ruins.”

“I'm so glad I didn't ruin a man's life by marrying him.”

“Maybe… you'll fall in love with me all over again."
"Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"
"Yes. I want to ruin you."
"Good," I said. "That's what I want too.”

“You are not responsible for anyone who stubbornly chooses to ruin his own life.”

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”