Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.

We each survive in our own way.

No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.

You could be great. You could rattle the stars. You could do anything if only you dared.

Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us–to haunt our thoughts long after we've faced them.

What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?

I'm not married, ” he said softly, “because I can't stomach the idea of marrying a woman inferior to me in mind and spirit. It would mean the death of my soul.

He opened his mouth, but stopped as he beheld her smile. Though she had no regrets about her choice, she felt something strangely like disappointment when he said, "As you wish.

Some people just need a high-five. In the face. With my knives.

A lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.

I like music, ' she said slowly, 'because when I hear it, I...I lose myself within myself if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once.

I believe in it because it is impossible.

She's clearly gone too long without male companionship if any brute who walked her way made her sit up and take notice.

But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes. [Fr., Mais dons ce monde, il n'y a rien d'assure que le mort et les impots.]

A man's style should be like his dress. It should be as unobtrusive and should attract as little attention as possible.

I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.

Often hair is the way we are differentiated in this culture. To me the decision to straighten your hair is deeply political.

I wanted not to make photographs that would be art, but art that would be photography.

Life is not a struggle, not a tension. Life has not to be suffering. Life is bliss

What if I was the sexual equivalent of popcorn? Suitable for light snacking only?

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.