I feel as if the world is listening for my next thought. But I can't think of anything. Sorry, but I just can't think of anything.

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.

I don't desire to be intelligent, but I do desire to be loving and kind.

The author writes that the central conflict within journalist and seller of the American way Henry Luce was between his curiosity and his certitude.

I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots.

The envy of excellence leads to perdition; the love of it leads to the light.

He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.

There's nothing wrong with the word conspiracy. It just means 'to breathe together.'

To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you arrive on screen with a past.

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.