I went into Harvard one way and came out a different person... It's the air at Harvard; it's like a Renaissance court.

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.

This isn't a watercolor, it's a mural.

It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special.

Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness

Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.

Sometimes I ask myself what would I be if Jenny were alive. And then I answer : I would also be alive." - Oliver.

And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried.

Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory

Professors of classics - not even a professor of English - professors of classics, they're something sacred; it's almost like being a priest.

I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.

Get scared later, and if you're scared now remember what Kit always said. If you're not scared, she told me, it's not bravery. And you want to be brave, don't you, Snicket?

To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity

The Hollywood Foreign Press have just given me a time out from my 20-year midlife crisis. My heartfelt thanks to them.

Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw punches with bad intentions.

I’ve always treated my children as beings in their own right. I respect their feelings and aspirations entirely.

A vital force is active in every individual and leads it towards its own evolution.

By that time [1966], we did begin to get some protests [against Vietnam War]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed the war.

Tonglen is a way for you to be with people who need you - beginning with yourself.

When there are fish heads and blood in the water, you don't need to see the silverpike to know they are there.

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.