I don't think a single one of them had any clear idea of time, as we at the end of countless ages have. They still belonged to the beginnings of time—

He struggled with himself, too. I saw it -- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.

They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.

The mind of man is capable of anything.

In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.

I remembered the old doctor, - "It would be interesting for science to watch the mental changes of individuals, on the spot." I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting.

He was there below me, and, upon my word, to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a featherhat, walking on his hind legs.

There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget.

It was not my strength that wanted nursing, it was my imagination that wanted soothing.

We live as we dream--alone....

Love itself is what is left over when being "in love" has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.

We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.

Well, what are we waiting for? ...She said 'children.' I bet that's anyone under a couple of centuries old. Let's go.

Everything has been written. Everybody knows everything about me. There are no secrets. Except the skeletons in my closet.

Terrorism is partly linked to people who have no jobs in Pakistan.

The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.

I'm a physical person. That's why I like action movies. I like to get real into it all, and get real down and dirty.

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.

The situation in Iraq will be long, it will be expensive and it will be difficult. But in the end, Iraq will very much be worth it.

A mans fame and hayre grow most after death, and are both equally uselesse.