The writer sat besides the weeping Gilgamesh, swam out of all the unsinkable ships sank. He was there, and he wasn't. Like a naturalist observing the tarn of life from an unseen bubble of neutrality.

Children are something, don't ya think? " she rarely spoke in that way, the freaky speculative way." I mean, you fall in love and as a result, little people are running around

Give what you possess.

If you will not reprove yourself, ’ Saadi says, ‘you will not welcome reproof from another.

People always ask 'Why is Bubba different?' They're just trying to figure it out.

The proud will sooner lose than ask their way.

You go to movies to see people you love suffer - that's why you go to the movies. You don't go to see a movie about a guy who already knows he has a wonderful life.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po.

You can't change your attitude because you're the champion. I've always kept my feet on the ground and never wanted to change.

A lot of guys like to go to the beach and bring a crowd, but not me. I like to be alone and out there with a couple of pelicans.

There’s nothing like the first kiss once you’ve been pronounced husband and wife. It’s such a wonderful moment!