So maybe now I might be imagining what it would be like to kiss him again, but that didn’t mean anything.

That's a rhetorical question, and trying to answer rhetorical questions instead of being cowed by them is a good habit to cultivate.

The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.

That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.

To create a healthy philosophy you should renounce metaphysics but be a good mathematician.

It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.

It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

All lives are interesting; no one life is more interesting than another. Its fascination depends on how much is revealed, and in what manner.

The threat of nuclear warfare is very, very low. Trump is no fool, and he sees the world as a globalized world.