Time, the human dimension, which makes us everything we are.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

TO BE is life's dilemma while facing the eternity of death.

Tighten your seat belt and enjoy the ride of life.

We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.

Soometimes when you have something that seems too good to be true, you start waiting for it to crumble to pieces around you.

It was unwise to plan too carefully. It took only one great failure to learn that lesson.

The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance.

Subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.

As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.

I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.

Pajamas are good for the soul.