I want to make them [American Indians] live forever. It's such a big dream I can't see it all.

Fortunately, taking a picture leaves no mark.

For every negative that is a disappointment, there is one that is a joy.

The truth had been said but evil had been done.

I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.

Death devours all lovely things.

The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor.

I was thinking what I usually think about when I write: what the next word should be, whether my character should be an emu farmer or a wallaby farmer, the searing pain in my right temple.

The things that happen in your life are either your choices or opportunities and lessons the universe has put before you. Life on earth is like college and we're all just trying to pass the courses.

Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live.

The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.

People are so complex that you can't possibly know anybody in 90 minutes.