Only for the sake of the hopeless ones have we been given hope.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

Dont feel sorry for no one if they dont feel sorry for you

Some people say readin too many books will stunt your growth.

How does it feel, how does it feel to be without a home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone.

We grew out of the superhero comics, but we still liked comics, so we started putting our own experiences in the stories we were doing for our own amusement.

Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it!

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels.

. . . he who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another Choice.

I'm constantly lying to my dog. He only responds to manipulation and blackmail.

Gideon woke up ready to conquer the world, and he liked to start that domination with me. How lucky was I?

We can gradually grow into any condition we desire, provided we first make ourselves in habitual mental attitude the person who corresponds to those conditions.