Watt's concern, deep as it appeared, was not after all what the figure was, in reality, but with what the figure appeared to be, in reality.

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

There's never an end for the sea.

Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

Nothing is more real than nothing.

You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.

Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end.

I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin', " she told me. "Have you not bought anythin' the last few days? Prices have gone up. Pay or starve, it's all one to me.

I love people. I was born loving people.

Every man's conscience is vile and depraved / You cannot depend on it to be your guide when it’s you who must keep it satisfied.

If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.

Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of person.

Lying covers a multitude of sins - temporarily.

With an artist no sane man quarrels, any more than with the colour of a child's eyes.

The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.

Elvis is bound to be dead. Look at all the vultures in his vicinity.

In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine.