It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

I can't speak with authority about Emeka Anyaoku. I just didn't know him that well.

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels.

The American culture especially, and Western culture in general, urges us to not only become the best that we can be, but also win against the competition.

There’s a lot more to being with someone than just love.

The longer you verk here, diverse it gets.

I didn't invent the middle finger, but I perfected the use of it.

An Airedale can do anything any other dog can do and then whip the other dog if he has to.

I was up above it Now I'm down in it.