“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.”

“She with all the charm of woman,
She with all the breadth of man.”

“You’re trying to be charming again,” she said softly, “but I do not choose to be charmed, Locke Lamora.”

“She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.”

“She was remorseless, but she lacked method.”

“People with weaknesses get killed by the people who lack them. Notice I'm not dead.”

“When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm”

“She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did.”

“The instant Waheeda Rehman arrived for her ten days shooting in Calcutta, she charmed every member of Ray’s unit. She lacked star airs and graces, never behaved in a pretentious manner and was content to go about off the set in her own face without make-up. There was an unspoilt quality about her personality and she was conspicuously receptive to Ray’s direction. She was pliable, with few ingrained mannerisms.”

“What she lacks in poetry she makes up for in venom”