One's ribs shouldn't be prison bars.

So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.

How gleefully life shreds our well crafted plans.

The truth of a myth, your Honor, is not its words but its patterns.

I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket.

What man ain't the honestest cove in his own eyes?" Grote's round face is a bronze moon in the dark. "'Tain't good intentions what paves the road to hell: it's self-justifyin's.

The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature.

But thought has no eyelids to close or ears to block...

Anna would like you, he thinks, looking into her face. Anna would like you.

I find a certain comfort, " confesses Marinus, "in humanity's helplessness.

Her whole world was in the depth of his eyes.

Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.

Life's a crapshoot, Sam. At least you filled the cheap seats.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

I'm going to go out on tour when I feel like going on tour.

What is wonderful to see is how incredibly affectionate and physically affectionate Nancy Reagan was, you know? She was so on her guard, she was threatened by just about everybody.

I want my words to survive translation.

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.

The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today

The way you live your life depends on you.