Jed Rubenfeld Quotes

Wrong way to think about it. Don't try to figure it out all at once.

A woman is at her greatest peril in the presence of a beautiful man.

Satisfying a savage instinct is incomparably more pleasurable than satisfying a civilized one.

I know he is--sensitive--on some points, Detective, but you must bear in mind how hard it is for an honest man to do his work in relative obscurity, while dishonest men attain wealth and renown. That is why corruption is so pernicious. It breaks the will of good men.

A woman's love for a man is ha;f animal passion and half hate. The more a woman loves a man, the more she hates him. If a man is worth having, he must be a woman's superior; if he is her superior, part of her must hate him. It is only in beauty we surpass you, and it is therefore no wonder that we worship beauty above all else.