I see you got a crew cut...and the crew never came back!

... life is short and the world is wide

When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.

Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he meant by this was that he was worried that one day someone would fall on Ronan and cut themselves.

Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.

Evil must always be fought.

...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.

The future was in our own hands. If we wanted a world where such things were possible, it was for us to make it.

The more that we gather at the seasonal tides of Nature, the more we become like Nature. When we become like Her it is easier to understand Her.

Knowing that I make somebody's day better is all that matters at the end of the day.

Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.

All monsters must die except the beautiful ones

You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge.

You're no Elvis Presley, I'm no Marilyn Monroe, but I do think you're sexy, just thought I'd tell you so.

Cinema returns us to anima, religion of matter, which gives each thing its special divinity and sees gods in all things and beings. Cinema, heir of alchemy, last of an erotic science.

What I'm documenting can be hard to distill, because it's all around us like the air we breathe. I often need to go to a place where I can capture extreme moments.

it would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry-tree all white with bloom in the moonshine

My heart broke open and history fell in.

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.