Reading a great work of literature can truly be likened to having a conversation with a great mind.

You need to combine your calling with your passion

Something more terrible than a hell where one suffers may be imagined, and that is a hell where one is bored.

The world's a scene of changes and to be constant in nature is inconstancy.

Noir is a court of human relations, and some crimes are beyond legal restitution.

We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.

It's very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what's inside of you.

Love is being accepting of all of their flaws.

My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.

Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result. ... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no.

I totally want like 18 babies.