Truth is neither joyful nor sad, neither good nor bad. It is simply truth.

The mind plays tricks. It rejects things until it thinks ― or something tells it ― that the remembering can be handled.

And then the earth, the world, the planet, the galaxy, and the entire solar system went crazy.

There is nothing in a crowded street more noticeable than a man running ― unless it is a woman.

When the old men kill themselves, the cities are dying.

Strangers should meet in unfamiliar areas. It's comforting.

A corruption of intentions.

I fought...I fought and I fought...until I...couldn't remember any more.

The tyrant has power to play as long as he is the master in his surroundings.

Poetry is the morning dream of great minds.

It's the age-old battle between mind and heart, which seldom want the same thing.

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

Well, check this out. Mine is bigger.

To express the emotions of life is to live. To express the life of emotions is to make art.

I've been in a situation where I was after the money.

There is no reason why an atheist could not write a good Mass.

As close as you are to God, so close is God to you.

The busier you get, the more you get done.