... danger was always at its most lethal when disguised as respectability.

Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West.

We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning.

You don't have to be sincere yourself to recognize sincerity when you see it. Any more than you have to be insane to recognize insanity.

impulses sometimes have logical roots and ought to be given in to.

Possibilities swung from the ropes of his life like charms on a watch chain, golden.

Time does not act on memory to soften the edges, blur the details; if anything, it sharpens them. Emotions may lose their acid outlines, but not places and people, not if you wish to retain them.

martyrs are always uncomfortable people to live with.

your right standing with God and your connection to Him remains your strongest defense in the day of calamity.

The world is a room of heavy furniture. Eventually you are allowed to leave.

The first day of the rest of my life.

How the story is read is very important is it soft, is it in dry way or smooth...

I hate my smile. I always have, even in my school pictures when I was a little kid.

The greatest power available to man is not to use it.

Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.

You can't allow someone's hate to dictate your life.

The thing about films is you learn new stuff all the time. You think you can get to a point where you've got it all down. But then another, different situation arises.

Bezos is super smart; don't get me wrong. He just makes ordinary control freaks look like stoned hippies.