Error has never approached my spirit.

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

The events which can not be prevented, must be directed.

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.

Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.

I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

The obvious is always least understood.

It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

Those yellow eyes had seen the thing Ruby hid, even from herself. And when two people see a thing, for better or worse, it becomes real.

We would be a few years younger, if every day we meditated for five minutes on the meanings of the word innocence.

Today is Valentine's Day - or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!

If you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk happy for a long time, fall in love; happy forever, take up gardening.

Like a bird with broken wing that has traveled through wind for years . . . I sleep and my heart stays awake . . .

We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blesses facility, and we are soon wonted to the change and happy in it.

Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.

Yes, and for the record, he thinks you’re insane, too. (Otto) Oh, goodie. But I guess that’s only fair since I think he’s psychotic. (Susan)

It is not proven, it's not science. It's more of a religion than a science.

As chaste as unsunned snow.