Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.

Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.

Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.

He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail.

The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.

Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?

Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.

The dead leave us starving with mouths full of love.” from “Memoriam

The State, in fact, as the universal ethical will, is the creator of right.

I still just like everybody else need to meet quotas with my spins, with my buzz and make my way into the office. It has to be undeniable; the world has to know about you before Jay-Z makes a call.

How can you lose something you never had, I tell myself when I'm feeling sad.

Mmmmm. Warm chocolate chip cookies. Not even AB negative can compare.

What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want--someone to notice she was there.

The Ironman World Championship is the hardest race I've competed in. Not only do the elements (heat, wind, humidity) make it grueling, but the quality of the field makes it a true test.

I realized it was like a dating agency: the ions are the lost souls looking for mates; the electrolyte is the agency that can help them find each other.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature?