The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work.

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.

The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

The most awesome powers are those not wielded.

Vulnerability is strength. It is being honest about who you are & about your experiences.

There comes a time in every Salome's life when she should no longer be dropping the last veil.

Love, our subject: we've trained it like ivy to our walls.

Are we acting like a couple? I'm just trying to get it straight. Cause I'm over here convinced that it's too early for mistakes.

things that have cost more than they're worth leave a bitter taste. A taste of salt and sweat.

I live in California, the worst place in the world for fat people. There are three of us. They have us on eight-hour shifts, so it works out.

Ricky Gervais is a genius.

The key to growing up well, is being tough enough.

The best style is the least noticeable.