Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.

yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

the gods play nofavorites.

the gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake.

she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.

the worst thing, " he told me, "is bitterness, people end up sobitter.

I see a brightportionunder the overhead lightthat shades intodarknessand then into darkerdarknessand I can't see beyond that.

I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

the best part waspulling down theshadesstuffing the doorbellwith ragsputting the phonein therefrigeratorand going to bedfor 3 or 4days. and the next bestpartwasnobody evermissedme.

Scripture doesn’t speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God.

No empire lasts forever, no dynasty continues unbroken. Some day, you and I will be mere legends. All that matters is whether we did what we could with the life that was given to us.

All wish to be learned but no one is willing to pay the price.

The highest spiritual quality, the noblest property of mind a man can have, is this of loyalty.

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.

I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?

When you come back strong, you are going to have little nagging things that you can usually play through, but every now and again, it is to the point where you can't play.

[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me.