Gordon eyed them with inert hatred. At this moment he hated all books, and novels most of all. Horrible to think of all that soggy, half-baked trash massed together in one place.

He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written.

Poverty is spiritual halitosis.

Money, money, all is money! Could you write even a penny novelette without money to put heart into you? Invention, energy, wit, style, charm--they've all got to be paid for in hard cash.

For money buys all virtues. Money suffereth long and is kid, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own

I tell you I can't be bothered with things like that. I've got a soul above buttons.

It is better to live life with a daring hope.

. . .after the shadows comes light.

Love shall be our token love be yours and love be mine.

Dating, like almost every other male-female interaction in present-day society, is based on outmoded and unequal social roles and expectations.

Women are my drugs and alcohol. When I'm involved with one woman, I'm involved with one woman. Period. But between romances, I am carnivorous.

Humor is a universal language.

The people who taught really knew their stuff. My chemistry teacher, Frank Wade, was actually a chemist. I was so lucky in a number of ways.

Our emotions are made by God, yet they too must bow before Him

All you're supposed to do is every once in a while give the boys a little tea and sympathy.

When that white driver stepped back toward us, when he waved his hand and ordered us up and out of our seats, I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.