I nee to reason for a plague, ... As far as I know no comets or eclipses have been forecast, and our sins are not great enough for God to be concerned with us.

Do not allow me to forget you

This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it.

Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses.

It is not that the girl is unfit for everything, it is that she is not of this world.

You people have a religion of death that fills you with the joy and courage to confront it...I do not. I believe the only essential thing is to be alive.- Abrenucio

The Bishop blessed him and helped him to his feet."May God have mercy on you, " he said. And erased him from his heart.

Nu exista pe lume leac care sa tamaduiasca ceea ce nu tamaduieste fericirea/ There is no cure in this world which heals what happiness does not heal.

When I stand and contemplate my fate and see the path along which you have led me, what's the rest of it?

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last.

The novel is a highly corrupt medium, after all - in the end the vast majority of them simply aren't that great, and are destined to be forgotten.

I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.

My style of comedy is very real and bittersweet, and sort of always on the verge of kind of being tragic.

If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.

Hour-long TV is no joke. It tests you as a human being. It makes you a stronger person, but it's really crazy.

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

And don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.

Sometimes we get too caught up in wanting to do that one movie that will get seen and approved and nominated, that we lose sight that there are so many other movies that are worth your time.