I'll borrow of imagination what reality will not give me.

Strange that grief should now almost choke me, because another human being's eye has failed to greet mine.

Our power of being happy lies a good deal in ourselves, I believe.

Having a large world of his own in his own head and heart, he tolerated confinement to a small, still corner of the real world very patiently.

. . . they would neither hate nor envy us if they did not deem us so much happier than themselves.

In her past were sweet passages, in her future rosy hopes.

He did not yet known how many commenced lefe-romances are doomed never to get beyond the first, or at most the second chapter.

Existence was never originally meant to be that useless, blank, pale, slow-trailing thing it often becomes to many, and is becoming to me among the rest.

I will bestir myself, ' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good.

Endurance over-goaded, stretched the hand of fraternity to sedition.

His mind has the clearness of the deep sea, the patience of its rocks, the force of its billows.

I always said if I had to pick one Grand Slam to win, it would be the U.S. Open.

I come up with my jokes by thinking of a topic.

It's kind of hard to find something that will get your juices flowing if you're somewhat critical. I have a hard time finding great things for myself in '94 and certainly in '95.

Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.

I begin each book with a challenge to myself.

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

I wish someone would give me one shred of neutral evidence that financial innovation has led to economic growth — one shred of evidence.

Joy is the effect which comes when we use our powers.

When I got older, I chose to look at Christianity as another myth.

Social is a better way to interact with digital world. It is better than search. Implications for... everything. Total change.