A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

Be excellent in your own terms.

This is a love story. It’s about the good old days, when men were men and women were women and books were books.

People bond themselves into families and groups for protection, and strangers...strangers are always at risk.

Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them

I don't like people that litter. If you don't throw a wrapper in the trashcan and you just toss it out on the ground I wanna take you and toss you into outer space.

He needs to be punished because the law hasn't punished him. He's never done any hard time.

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.

I hate nickels; they're quarter impersonators.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

The books [and games] that give us the most pleasure combine uncertainty and satisfaction, tension and release.