Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

A spell perhaps?” The prince wrinkled his face as though it physically hurt him to think and ask questions.

Sometimes, especially in the last six months, I still feel like going to the window and singing out all my troubles.

This is nourishing, redemptive we become less alone inside.

We live in a time of unprecedented abundance.

That the world is a divine game and beyond good and evil:Min this the Vedanta philosophy and Heraclitus are my predecessors.

Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause ? you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles.

I have never felt any pain that I can remember.

There is always joy in achieving ,but the greater satisfaction lies in sharing the achievement.

Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve.

You can use a lot of different technologies to create something that doesn't really have a lot of value.