I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.

I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened.

I should almost therefore put forward the proposal that the third hypothsis (angle sum of a triangle less than two right angles) holds on the surface of an imaginary sphere.

The first object of my endeavours was the means to become perfect and happy.

This hypothesis (Parallel hypothesis) would not destroy itself at all easily.

My parents are private investigators for God's sake.

Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn't really want it then.

The bird is gone, and in what meadow does it now sing?

I choked on the air I'd just sucked in and swung around in disbelief. "What did you just say?""Me and the whole PD heard about your wet bra, so I'm assuming your panties are wet too.

I have no other possessions of value but my soul.

Melancholy: an appetite no misery satisfies.

Raising children has made me more patient and selfless.

The best vacation is still a book, a renewable ticket to places real and imaginary.

People will respect what wrestling has to offer to this world. It will take educating themselves on more than just guys in there swinging for the fences.

Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.

I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.

True friends are two people who are comfortable sharing silence together.