I am afraid to die, though, ' I whispered to myself. These turned out to be my last words. They were not very impressive words, but it was too late to change them.

Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.

The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.

A person’s destiny is something you look back at afterwards, not something to be known in advance.

We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy.

Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.

The passage of time will usually extract the venom of most things and render them harmless

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any real sleep. In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

Snow floated down every once in a while, but it was frail snow, like a memory fading into the distance.

Reading an author's Biography contributes to an understanding and enjoyment of their work, and gives a richness to the reading experience.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

When I first was offered the role on Rise [of the Planet of the Apes], I always played Caesar as a human being within ape skin.

Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.

Diminish us across the board. They [Russians] do not wish us well.

While the boys are in the back, laughin' and jokin', the Dream's out back. cookin and smokin'!

There is no hell, no inferno except the frenzy of living.

We inevitably doom our children to failure and frustration when we try to set their goals for them.

In the inner place where true artists create there exists a pure child.

When you're a student and you just want some money to feel like you're an adult, you'll pretty much do anything within reason.