Civilization was a relentless war that man was doomed to lose eventually. - Pg. 195

People perish. Books are immortal.

And the great thing about money is that it doesn’t matter when you harvest it. It’s an all-year crop.

The destination of the journey could not be altered, only the manner in which one approached it - whether one chose to walk erect or to be dragged complaining through the dust.

Brave words. Easy to write when one was young and death was still skulking over a distant hill somewhere... - Pg. 82

For them, it was just an ordinary miracle.

They are orphans again, with no true home but each other and whatever life they can make together on the other side of the sea.

People often ask if it was calling. My answer always is yes.

Misery is the company of lawsuits.

One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have worked on making Broadway more accessible to deaf people.

Our Higher Self is the most intimate thing we could possibly know; eternity is the most comfortable home we could possibly fine.

I go to ballet five days a week. I would love to go to a fashion show one day, because I never have.

Dating is primarily a numbers game.... People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That's just the way it is.

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.

My dear hands. Farewell, my poor hands.

If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.