Keep reminding yourself that literature is one of the saddest roads that leads to everything.

Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.

The imaginary is what tends to become real.

My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.

What is admirable about the fantastic is that there is no longer anything fantastic: there is only the real.

I am the soul in limbo.

Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all.

The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty, can find an ideal outlet in the absurd. Accommodation to the absurd readmits adults to the mysterious realm inhabited by children.

We all love conflagrations. When the sky changes color, it is a dead man's passing.

Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing.

It is more or less a given that nothing is less favorable to clairvoyance than the bright sun: physical light and mental light coexist on very poor terms.

Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.

– I’m going to be a writer, he reminded Milo.– And you won’t need literature?– I’ll write my own.

The horrible monsters in this world are the ones that wear human face

A researcher that has a brain that functions differently from their peers is at an advantage, as they can see things that the others cannot.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

He (Ozzie Smith) plays like he's on a mini-trampoline or wearing helium kangaroo shorts.

Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.

I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television.

If people think I'm a laid-back guy, that's their mistake.

It's no secret - if you know me, have ever met me or have shared a meal with me - that I'm a passionate environmentalist.