So, ” Wanda cried, “a woman in furs is nothing more than a large cat, a charged electric battery?

Alas, woman is faithful as long as she loves, but you demand that she be faithful without love and give herself without enjoyment. Who is cruel then, woman or man?

The moral of the tale is this: whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

You of the North in general take love too soberly and seriously. You talk of duties where there should be only a question of pleasure.

The real comic muse is the one underwhose laughing mask tears roll down.

Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. ("Kill them all. For the Lord knoweth them that are His." Supposedly said when asked by a Crusader how to distinguish the Cathars from the Catholics.)

The nights were mainly made for saying things you can't say tomorrow day.

Innovation becomes possible only if people can step out of their comfort zone.

Pico Mundo is a prosperous town. But no degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.

When you're short on sleep, you're short on patience. You're ruder to people, less tolerant, less understanding. It's harder to relate and to pay attention for sustained periods of time.

Anything which you have in this world, which you do not consecrate to Christ's cause, you do rob the Lord of.

If anybody says they get used to it, you don't.

We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars.

If survival calls for the bearing of arms, bear them you must. But the most important part of the challenge is for you to find another means that does not come with the killing of your fellow man.

There's always another record, then there's always another person to catch up with or to pass.