He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he had anticipated feeling it. A parable.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

So I take my lover, my king, and I put him in a pedestal and I cut him down. A man, like the ones who ruined the world.

I'll just stay ten feet away from him at all times so I don't accidentally trip and fall and land lips first on his mouth.

Friends are thieves of time.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

It has been a long time since philosophers have read men's souls. It is not their task, we are told. Perhaps. But we must not be surprised if they no longer matter much to us.

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

I mean, of course, I love sci-fi and stuff like that, but I'm not, like, a comic book crazy guy.