In reality I said nothing at all, but I heard a murmur, something gone wrong with the silence, and I pricked up my ears, like an animal I imagine, which gives a start and pretends to be dead.

Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.

When a man in a forest thinks he is going forward in a straight line, in reality he is going in a circle, I did my best to go in a circle, hoping to go in a straight line.

Yes, there is no good pretending, it is hard to leave everything.

[Y]ou cannot mention everything in its proper place, you must choose, between the things not worth mentioning and those and those even less so.

You can't have everything, I've often noticed it.

Unfathomable mind: now beacon, now sea.

I was limply poking about in the garbage saying probably, for at that age I must still have been capable of general ideas, This is life.

Have you shat, my child, I said gently.

...The less I think of it the more certain I am.

I was out of sorts. They are deep, my sorts, a deep ditch, and I am not often out of them.

Evil men flourish. The righteous suffer. The Lord never promises we won’t—only that He’ll sustain us when the tribulation comes.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

Morning breaks. So do bottles and bones.

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

So far, as far as we know comet Wild 2 is a unique object.

Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others.

For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here.

When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.

In my life why do I smile at people I'd rather kick in the eye?

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.