Friendship was a concept men bandied about to save face when they were rejected.

Libraries are the future of reading.

If people did not fear me so, how could anyone tolerate me?

Maybe that’s what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.

When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second.

If it must be done, it's best done bravely.

Of course; a nurse wouldn't have been quite so bold in her speech. Not to a duke's heir. Not even to a wealthy tradesman who held the power of her employment in his too-large hands.

No man is broken because bad things happen to him. He’s broken because he doesn’t keep going after those things happen.

You see, I'm not some shiny bauble to be strung onto a necklace and displayed for all the world to see. I'm too proud to ever be anyone's conquest.

I’ll be your friend in daylight. I’ll treat you as a comrade in every gas-lit ballroom. But alone, under moonlight, I’ll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine.

Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you — and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better.

Be kind to dragons, for thou art crunchy when toasted and taste good with ketchup. (Sebastian)

Asking a parent not to be a parent is like asking the sun not to be hot or snow not to be cold.

The Atheist waits for proof of God. Till that proof comes he remains, as his name implies, without God. His mind is open to every new truth, after it has passed the warder Reason at the gate.

God made me on a morning when he had nothing else to do.

I think I have a repressed bent for the military, I like discipline without question, specific schedules and duties.

I think we live in a very competitive world, and I love competition.

I don't like drum solos, to be honest with you, but if anybody ever told me he didn't like Buddy Rich I'd right away say go and see him, at least the once.

I never feel there's anything I can't do.

While so much of our economic life is thriving, too much of our moral life is still stagnating. As a people, we need to reaffirm our faith.

Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show.