Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it might go on

Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.

The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.

A person’s destiny is something you look back at afterwards, not something to be known in advance.

We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy.

Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.

The passage of time will usually extract the venom of most things and render them harmless

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any real sleep. In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

Snow floated down every once in a while, but it was frail snow, like a memory fading into the distance.

Starting the morning without prayer is like starting a car without gas.

The reason for our loving God is God.

Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love

Everything comes with a price. Everything. Some things just cost more than others.

justice itself is a chimera, a delusion. Justice is not a flat yardstick, applied in equal measure to an equal situation.

If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.

I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it's still about the work.

I believe this earth on which we stand is but the vestibule to glorious mansions through which a moving crowd forever press.

Vows begin when hope dies.

It is not possible to assert publicly that Monsanto is anything other than venal without being accused of being a sellout, a fraud, or worse.