The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.

....and I gazed at these forms incomprehensible to me, but which revealed the immortal thoughts of the greatest shatterer of dreams who had ever dwelt on earth.

And involuntarily I compared the childish sarcasm, the religious sarcasm of Voltaire with the irresistible irony of the German philosopher whose influence is henceforth ineffaceable.

Show the youth the consequences of their actions and why they should choose wisely

The journey to the center of your soul doesn’t start in your heart. It begins in your brain, and taking it makes you among the bravest of the brave for it’s a place only the rare dare venture.

Think long and hard about how you proceed, Nico di Angelo. You cannot lie to Cupid. If you let your anger rule you... well, your fate will be even sadder then mine.

Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.

Your name?” I repeated, hoping it was my imagination that my voice faltered. “Call me Patch. I mean it. Call me

Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

Up to this point your life has pretty much sucked. You’re not responsible for that. But you are responsible for what happens from here on.

I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I understand that.