...and the worse the memory, the stronger its stranglehold on the present.

Fear of dying brings humans the greatest pain. Death is implicit in every form of joy. Of course, it also brings the end of pain.

People often lose their names. Names fall into holes or get eaten by wild animals. Sometimes they’re carried away by the wind.

You should never judge a person solely by the evidence of your eyes.

Older, but no wiser. Alas, our dreams continue to haunt us.

One way or another, we’re all prisoners.

Love will not come to me again. I’ll vegetate like a plant in a cellar, without light.

I’d give you – if I thought one day you might return my feelings …

All they see is madness. It’s the same with the other men. They see my situation, not me.

Refuse to be isolated. Your accomplishments are patronized by people who would get interest in them. When you don’t get connected, how will you get to know those people?

Dear Optimism, nice to see you. I've got an extra room, how about you stay for a while.

If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.

The matters most debated in a deliberative body tend to be the minor ones where everybody understands the issues.

The great regret of my life is that I didn't have children.

I had a healthy appetite [being pregnant]. I got more healthy as time goes on, and they grew. I never let myself go.

Men, as an organization, are getting more women than any other group working anywhere in the world. Wherever women are, we have men looking into it.

And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it.

It feels like people talk a lot, in their relationships and in therapy. But my family wasn't like that. My dad wasn't and I wasn't. Things were said, but via the language of action.

All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.