In trying to escape the fatality of memory, he discovered with an immense sadness that pursuing the past inevitably only leads to greater loss.

A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.

What was a prisoner of war anyway? Less than a man, just material to be used to make the railway, like the teak sleepers and steel rails and dog spikes.

As they made their way to the coast, he bemoaned the hotel trade in the manner, Dorrigo felt, that those who love what they do bemoan their passion the most.

The more people I am with, Dorrigo thought, the more alone I feel.

Virtue was vanity dressed up and waiting for applause.

Sin sorpresas, aunque sean disagredables, nadie estaria dispuesto a vivir.

Olivia: "Were you aiming at someone?"Alec: "...God, I think...

Walt Disney had a nuclear imagination before the advent of nuclear, some comprehension of apocalypse and rapture deep in his genes.

One does not hate so long as one continues to rate low, but only when one has come to rate equal or higher.

I'm always looking for talented people that I want to collaborate with.

The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.

The problem of empathy is pretty universal, and pretty much breaks down across America. People can't feel beyond their drawn borders. And skin color and culture have a lot to do with that.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

I realised that reading was the key that opened the door to secret lands, strange places and the worlds behind other people's eyes.

You can lose your weight, but you can't lose your personality. And people's personalities don't change.