There is more goodness than evil in the world, but you know, you still got to work at it.

The conformist is not born. He is made. I believe the brainwashing process begins in the schools and colleges.

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

He groaned a little and pulled his mouth free, pressing it against her forehead, then her cheeks. "I was going to start a fire ---" He smiled down at her. "You did.

It’s the journey, not the destination, but that doesn’t make sense until you get there.

Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be.

Very few among us are noble, or even mature, in all parts of our nature at the same time.

How do we get from electrons to elections and from protons to presidents?

I do think there's something when you have an unbroken day, and it feels like you and your attention can just be together like birds again and you can actually think and dream a little.

The idea of taking off my shoes and trying on all these clothes is so exhausting, I just leave.

I’m always surprised when writers say they don’t believe in a god or religion but they believe in creating a world on two hundred pages using symbols. We’re all worshiping something.