Well, I’d rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having here.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

No social stability without individual stability.

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies.

The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

GrayG: I feel like I can tell you anything.IvyMac: You can. That's what friends do.GrayG: I've never been friends with a girl before.IvyMac: I'm honored to be your first.

Before The Simpsons, I was 4 years old, so I don't know exactly what I was thinking before that.

I love to read. My education is self-inflicted

Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone.

I want to know what it is, this 'sin' they say I've committed.

Never hesitate to open new windows in your life!

I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to.

I played with Arthur Godfrey for about a year and a half.

I used to date a girl from Buffalo. Why can't I meet a girl with normal parents?

The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.