Funerals seem less about comforting the souls of these dearly departed than aboutcomforting the people they leave behind.

It is not in my nature to be interested in the living.But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature.

There is a thrill in relishing the suffering of strangers, and they hide their interest with worried faces.

Even then I found the word fitting, soothing.Fireflies.Fire flies.Fire, fly.

Then perhaps we should carve a world one day where the strength lies in who you are, rather than in what they expect you to be.

There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them.

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.

Opinions of others may temporary influence your decisions.But you ought to follow your own inner voice.

Pride and love can't live in the same heart

Insanity is not a fit topic for high-school children.

What you dream, you can grow. Someone told me that, but I didn't believe it. I said I had nothing and that people with nothing are unable to dream. But I was wrong.

I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.

Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.

My motto is that I enjoy life. I think there's a kind of simplicity to that way of thinking.

My taking a seat on the Council of the Fathers caused a desperate fluttering among my ghosts.

I love different themes, different venues, different movies. I love to jump about and tackle different subjects. I have no intellectual master plan.