Suffering, he thought later, could rob a man of his empathy, could turn him selfish, could make him depreciate all other sufferers.

Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons why, and a catalogue of reasons cannot be put together into love.

Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company.

for Pop, who sees the starsand Jude, who hears their music

He liked lonely places, because he never really felt alone.

We observe that one of the great attributes of discretion is that it can mask ignorance of all the most common and lowly varieties, and Walter Moody was nothing if not excessively discreet.

I wish to be able to call myself deserving of my lot, ' Moody said carefully. 'Luck is by nature underserved.

Pritchard was lonely, and like most lonely souls, he saw happy couples everywhere.

What an unrequited love it is, this thirst! But is it love, when it is unrequited?

Only the debris of wreckage, and not much of that, was left behind by the sharks who fed on tragedy: the fishermen, too, mourned the death of a living child.

I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

We don't have to suppose we need oil, or governments, or anything.

The light would show (if it could harden) Eternities of kitchen garden

Control charts are one of the statistical tools for solving quality related problems.

A masterful retreat is itself a victory.

Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.