Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

I took the volume to a table, opened its soft, ivory pages... and fell into it as into a pool during dry season.

A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.

I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.

I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions.

Women are more susceptible to pain than to pleasure.

Nothing that truly matters Can ever evaporate, Be excised, Burnt out of your soul.

People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled.

I'm the minority in my house sometimes. My wife is Swedish, and we go to Sweden and everyone is rattling off in Swedish. It's like, 'OK, I can just read a book.'

You always have to lie. I've been in plays that people don't enjoy and I pray that they lie to my face when I come outside.