The freedom of birds is an insult to me.

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

The point is there ain't no point.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.

Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away.

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

The rain falls upon the just And also on the unjust fellas But mostly it falls upon the just Cause the unjust have the just's umbrellas

There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.

Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.

We need practice solving problems.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.

Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.

I'm grateful I've got my mind. I can take care of my own business.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.