I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

You should never act against yourself.

I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in terms of human dignity, ethics and morals.

Fashion is like music, and when you put music in a cage it doesn't work.

Now, tantra is a little bit different than other forms of Buddhism because in tantra what we do is we use the sensorial worlds as access points or pathways to ineffability.

Love must wait; it must break one’s bones.

I've been involved in the sport since I was seven-years-old and I have learned so many things in life from it, such as making friends and discipline.

Our task is to accept each moment and move on from there, continuing to do our level best.

AMANDA: I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives.

The Cincinnati Bengals look like the most complete team in the National Football League. I can’t wait to see how they match up against New England.

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