How torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.

“You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.”

“Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just …”

“Si no sabes lo que quieres —continuó el porte­ro—, terminas teniendo un montón …”

“I am my own rakish seducer. I do serve as my own surly, brutish bounder.”