You Anglo-Saxons have largely broken away from such dependence on family. Each generation feels perfectly free to act alone and you are not afraid.

We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors.

Only sometimes when we pick and choose among the rules we discover later that we have set aside something precious in the process.

...as I get older, I find myself insisting on my right to be philosophically sloppy.

The human race is all the same when it comes to romantic relations, ' said the Major. 'A startling absence of impulse control combined with complete myopia.

...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

I miss being a student, " said Abdul Wahid. "I miss the passionate discussions with my friends, and most of all the hours among the books.

Memories were like tomb paintings, thought the Major, the colors still vivid no matter how many layers of mud and sand time deposited. Scrape at them and they come up all red and blazing.

Look, the truth belongs to the guy who's best at sticking to his story, ' said Ferguson.

GOD PUNISHES NOT FOR WORLD TO LAUGH, I AM NOT A EMOTIONLESS PAPER OF GRAPH, EVEN I AM NOT THE WORLD'S STAFF, DON'T ANGRY THINKING ME A CALF.

Even the wisest and the best of us can be foolish occasionally.

I disliked promises on principle because my conscience made me keep them.

Fans can't ruin shows. Only creators can.

If the inner life of our fashionable women were known, how few would deserve the title of lady!

It is very important to support what you believe in.

For all of us, whether we walk old paths or blaze new trails, friends remain important.

Baseball is more like a novel than a war. It is like an ongoing, hundred-year work of art, peopled with thousands of characters, full of improbable events, anecdotes, folklore and numbers.

I urge North Koreas leaders to reflect on Burmas experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out of isolation and opened the door to a far better future for its people.

Zero defects is a super highway going down the tube.