At that moment I would have welcomed spider-rats nibbling on my toes about as much as the idea of chatting with a missionary priest.

No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.

The Hegemony had known how to treat cancer, but most of the gene-tailoring knowledge and technology had been lost after the Fall.

Sometimes you deal with the devil not because you want to, but because if you don't, someone else will.

Be kind, for whenever kindness becomes part of something, it beautifies it. Whenever it is taken from something, it leaves it tarnished.

Sometimes you have to let go in order to receive

To change any behavior we have to slow down and act intentionally rather than from habit and impulse.

The ability to have a choice in what you do is a privilege.

Now Eros makes a man really want, not a woman, but one particular woman. In some mysterious but quite indisputable fashion the lover desires the Beloved herself, not the pleasure she can give.

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.

Redd Towers Apartments, whose advertising slogan, 'If you lived here, you'd be home by now,' did little to fill vacancies.

When you put your mind to it, you usually find that there is a way to achieve what you want after all.

The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.