Nothing was to be lost by beginning at the beginning.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Annihilate the enemy with acts of kindness only you can afford.

...it is entirely illogical to consider biology in dichotomous terms of genes and environment—all of biology is based on the continuous interaction of both.

Do you know why we’re all happy here, monsieur? Because it’s the last house on the road.

You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it.

Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.

My life is a glorious adventure.

Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.

Music is politics - it always has been and it always will be.

People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.