Death lurked everywhere. Death was alive and well.

HELENA. What a fine day! Not too hot. [A pause.]VOITSKI. A fine day to hang oneself.

I... a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.

As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness.

I never graduated to being an atheist. I only graduated to being an agnostic.

Labour is ... not the only source of material wealth, i.e, of the use-values it produces. As William Petty says, Labour is the father of material wealth, the earth is its mother.

Conservatives are fond of pointing out there are problems in this world can't be solved by throwing money at them. There are even more that can't be solved by dropping bombs on them.

I'm a very emotional person.

I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.