This feat I also had no idea how to accomplish, but ignorance had never stopped me from taking action before.

no one asks poor people if they want war.

...nothing is more precious than independence and freedom...

He responded with one of those looks of pity and amusement I was by now so used to getting, the kind that implied not only was my fly undone, but that there was nothing to see even if it was.

give a woman the chance to reject something else besides me

Quoting Nguyen Du - Talent and destiny are apt to feud.

Did we salivate for sadness, or had we only learned to enjoy what we were forced to eat?

Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.

While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored.

cheered by the optimism that one sometimes had at the beginning of strenuous exercise, a kind of helium that filled our lungs and carried us along

That is what revolutionaries do. We sacrifice ourselves to save others.

Language is fossil poetry

In the meantime [1965-67], [Bob] Dylan was again writing some of the best love songs in the genre, like "Visions of Johanna," "Just Like a Woman," and "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands."

I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.

A woman does not become interesting until she is over 40.

I realized that I had a serious problem with depression, and I went to a doctor and he gave me some medication.

We are using the food as a doorway to understanding the rest of our lives.

There is no first strike in Karate.

My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.

Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.

...there's no such thing as an underwear elf. Even when it goes missing, it's somewhere in the room. So make sure you find it." -- DARK OF NIGHT by Suzanne Brockmann