To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

[When asked about Writing Conferences]"You meet people that will change your life.

I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.

I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.

Luckily, no one I've ever been in love with has needed me to save their life!

My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.

The first snow always startles. It covers the tricycle in the driveway, turning its frame into an abstact sculpture that says: See how quickly yesterday turns into today.

It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here

The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.