Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Preach the word be instant in season out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

The analogy I like is this imagine being able to see the world but you are deaf, and then suddenly someone gives you the ability to hear things as well - you get an extra dimension of perception.

The amygdala, along with related areas..., plays a crucial role in coordinating perceptions with memory and behavior. These regions are especially sensitive to social interactions.

I think one of the reasons I'm standing here instead of other people is that, frankly, I talked about it, we have to have a strong military.

Mobile notifications put people in a state of perpetual emergency interruption - similar to what 911 operators and air traffic controllers experienced back in the '70s and '80s.

You know what it was like? It was like thinking I was heading to a surprise party and instead it was a surprise pap smear.

I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn't get better. YOU get better.

Where there is no peace, prayers are not heard.

To be, I must endure the pain.