The thorn of death falls from heaven, and its myriad forms leave us no room to move.

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in flight.

Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.

Green makes me think of silence, or maybe it's loneliness. I get the feeling of a terribly distant star.

It's a dangerous dog that doesn't bark.

Work seemed something fundamental for man, something which enabled him to endure the aimless flight of time.

The minute you begin to have doubts, the floor under your feet starts to shake.

The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.

Time cannot be spurred on like a horse.

Yet there seemed to be some truth in the law of probability, according to which the chance of success is directly proportionate to the number of repetitions.

She was born in the year of our Lord only knows. The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's.

I'm happiest with my family around me.

I didn't know the English were good at swimming. I have been in this country for 12 years and I haven't seen a swimming pool.

I don't generally like to watch myself.

Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems.

The more I invested in myself, the kinder I was to myself and the more I understood myself.

I know you think my life is good 'cause my diamond piece, But my life been good since I started finding peace.

If they don't go to law school, bright college graduates head to Wall Street precisely because they have no real plan for their careers.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

My wanting to write books annihilates the original root impulse that would have me bravely and blunderingly working on them.