The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort

I get glimpses of the horror of normalcy. Each of these innocents on the street is engulfed by a terror of their own ordinariness. They would do anything to be unique.

It goes in streaks. But some things never go out of fashion.' Hunger artists, fat folks, giants, and dog acts come and go but real freaks never lose their appeal.

It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me.

[Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark.

True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return...

He is always on the brink of suicide... because he seeks salvation through the routine formulas suggested to him by the society in which he lives.

An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

It is hard for a flat thing to understand a round one.

I always wanted to get the Purple Heart.

If we manage to last in spite of everything, it is because our infirmities are so many and so contradictory that they cancel each other out.

The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow.

Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.