Madness is a wholly human malady borne in a brain too evolved—or not quite evolved enough—to bear the awful burden of its own existence.

There are some we cannot help but take an instant dislike to.

Despair is a wholly selfish response to fortune’s slings and arrows.

Why should I struggle through hundreds of pages of fabrication to reach half a dozen very little truths?''For fun?''Fun!' He pounced on the word. 'Words are for truth. For facts. Not fiction.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Jealousy is like a raging toothache. One cannot do anything when one is jealous, not even sit down. Once can only come and go. Back and forth.

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.

We are waiting not for a Godot but for another-doubtless very different-St. Benedict.

But we need a medical community that's trained and knowledgeable and working on advancement.

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Please allow me to beckon ye, paramours!

So few women have any clear idea of the power their ordinary beauty holds over so many of us men.

My rookie year was huge for me as far as the learning curve, especially those last three games.