Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

...no good writing flows from a polluted well - you can write about monsters, but you can't be one...

I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

I didn't rebel as a child. I missed that angry teenager thing.

The difference between my world record and many world class runners is mental fortitude. I ran believing in mind over matter.

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.

Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.

Racism is still alive they just be concealing it

Dimitri Belikov had arrived.

I have a lot to learn about NASCAR. But I've learned if you have the right people in the right places doing the right things, you can be successful at whatever you do.

It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.