Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

We have dreamt of every woman there is, and dreamt too of the miracle that would bring us the pleasure of being a woman, for women have all the qualities / courage, passion, the capacity to love, cunning / whereas all our imagination can do is naively pile up the illusion of courage.

Well, if you weren't flirting with him"-his voice had now grown a little plaintive-"who was he, and what did you want with him anyway?"
"If you are so determined to bore me, I may just have to go home." Astrid sighed carelessly, "What a shame, when I am wearing such a pretty dress.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything