Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

Time: all things consume it, love alone makes use of it.

Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them.

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

Doctor, do you think it could have been the sausage?

The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.

If you know EVERYONE, you don't know ANYONE.

Sticking a straw up your butt won't get rid of the constipation.

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you get your hat handed to you.

Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.

I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust.

Fantasy allows for less rigorous worldbuilding and more vigorous exploration of moral questions. Sci-fi is opp.

When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?

Synchronicities fall under the "magic" heading to me.