There are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there. It’s up to you to find them.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

I want to present interesting stories that don't qualify themselves just by virtue of their ethnographic type.

The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.

It is the basic, metaphysical fact of man's nature -- the connection between his survival and his use of reason -- that capitalism recognizes and protects.

I can't be skinny all the time. I like to drink and I like to eat. I like burgers and bagels.

Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.

Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement.

Some things in life are not pleasant but they have to be done. For instance, German and maths.

Hayek became in his later years the dominant intellectual influence of the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre.