Life is a message scribbled in the dark.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

...you are not what you seem - you're a Sylph - you leave and the air retains your image - you haunt me...

Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.

This is my secret," he said. "I don't mind what happens.

Knight takes Knight,” I called into the cloudy night air. “Check.

Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.

Embrace your curves and who you are. I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, "I'm curvy, and I'm proud of it now".

I thank God to have it. I thank God that I finished it. And I hope that I will live enough to take profit of it.

Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.