The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

To drink is a small matter. To be thirsty is everything.

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.

Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows.

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding.

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate.

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.

I never hear about dear Mike. I wrote Ellen Greene and asked about him and she replyed and never mentioned Mike but told me all about her roomatism. As if I cared about her roomatism.

She's a skilled and swift fight, and I know she'll pass on her training on to you.

The most contemporary film I can think of is your standard romantic comedy, but the minute you make them, they already look so aged.

You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political experience.

He looked at her. “We’re meant to be together…” “And this is exactly what I mean.” “Our love is written in the stars.” “And there you go again.” “I love you.” “You bore me.

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

You mean you let him talk to you like that and you aren't even getting any Man what a rip-off.

You can't argue with math, Carter. You'll always lose.

Well, I'm a character actor, and actually throughout my life I've... I have relatively speaking played few heroic leads, but I've done it.

As pain tells us of the need for healing, worry tells us of the need for prayer.