It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

That which yields is not always weak.

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.

Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade

A little truth seasons a lie like salt.

Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.

Yes my lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers

This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.

Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you

Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful.

...what exactly is there in human existence that can lure you away from pleasure: peace of mind, a walk by the sea, moderation?

Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question.

It's very ugly' I said generously. 'But it looks as though it would laugh at snow. And, if you hit a deer it would hiccup, and keep going.

I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea.

Magna carta. Master charga.

Some people CHASE happiness. And some people CHOOSE happiness.

It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.

So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.

I enjoy watching football on TV. Many times I can visualize the whole field, even on the TV screen, because I still know enough about what the teams are doing.