Slow animals always become prey in the end.

Know a man by his metaphors.

The trick was not to stifle the emotions, but to control them. Love, anger, grief – all were weapons in their way, but they needed to be kept in check.

You pay by the hour, even if the job only takes five minutes. I don’t do fractions.

If cats could count, they’d start getting nervous around the time they put paid to their fifth life.

A condensed Shakespeare with all of the dull parts removed, leaving only the great moments of drama: ghosts, and bloodied daggers, and dying kings.

But he was wounded, and tired, and winter was still upon him.

It’s a full-time job being homeless. It’s a full-time job being poor.

Misery loved company, but damnation needed it.

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.

Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril

Expectation is the mother of all frustration.

At any minute, I am four minutes from a poncho.

Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.

By the time Buffy finished its Bay Area theatrical run - including a two-month stint at the dollar theater - I had seen the movie well over three dozen times. I was in love.

Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.

A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesnt just draw things.

With six small diamonds for his eyes He walks upon the summer skies, Drawing from his silken blouse The lacework of his dwelling house.