I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.

The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.

When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching - they are your family.

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.

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I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.

There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.

You don't make money from peace.You make money from wars!

You shouldn't ask for forgiveness. Because if you ask someone to forgive you, and they do, then that's twice that you've taken something from them. First the betrayal, and then the absolution.

When You Care, People Notice

I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada’s.’ Hans Arp

Keep adding little by little and it will become a big heap.

You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.

Society can't wait. It's sad there are so many entrepreneurs, business successes and venture capitalists who give no thought to society.

I'm scared to die," I whispered as Michael walked in. "He was scared to live," he said kissing my forehead.

How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?

The USA approach looks like bullying because it is.