We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature.

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

Pride, cowardice, and miserliness are bad for me but good for women

I had wanted to compromise with Fate: to escape occasional great agonies by submitting to a whole life of privation and small pains.

Humble yourself, and you will find that Love is spreading a carpet of flowers beneath your feet.

I've been so lucky to have my mum and dad because they've worked to give my brother and I everything. We're not spoilt children.

What are the characteristics of today's world so that one may recognize it by them?" It pays pensions and borrows money: credit and monuments.

The Mormons make the marriage ring, like the ring of Saturn, fluid, not solid, and keep it in its place by numerous satellites.

When I was little, my father used to sell guns and ammo at a sporting goods store, but I always told everyone he was an arms dealer, because it sounded more exciting.

I might have to commute. You know, left field, DH, wherever.

Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness.

I believe in me more than anything in this world.