Who can say what heartbreaks are caused in a dog by our discontinuing a romp?

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.

Boredom doesn't exist where creativity lives.

One of the advantages of real worth is that menial tasks can always be left to someone else.

Choice-Judgement.Black coffee acidon an empty stomach.Perception.Cool, clear water.

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

My method of helping someone is saying, 'Wow, you look amazing. Let me help you look even better.' I think tearing someone down is an awful thing to do. It has a lasting impression on people.

I think it's really important for your mental health to think about the big questions, to discuss them and open your mind, in order to prepare you for both life and death.

This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected.

I always have the feeling that I'm just another human being.

Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.