So many important things pass quickly without being understood at the time. So many powerful moments are buried beneath the absurd

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me.

It's funny how much of childhood is about proximity. Like who your best friend is is directly correlated to how close your houses are

I like guys with a nice smile. I know it's cliche, but it's so true! I like a guy with a nice smile and nice eyes.

Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN

I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke.

And if kisses in these words could travel too, Madam, you'd read this letter with your lips.

We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.

Um, thanks,” she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn’t to say Rose wasn’t a sucker for accents. She just preferred hers from the other side of Europe.

I'll play until my knees fall off.

Don't compliment me in the middle of an argument. It won't make me stammer or blush, and it just makes you look desperate.