A writer doesn't write for his readers, does he? Yet he has to take elementary precautions all the same, to make them comfortable.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

If it takes a little myth and ritual to get us through a night that seems endless, who among us cannot sympathize and understand?

One has to attain an ego-less state (nir-ahankari)

Something stirred within him that was new, dangerous. The question of whether that was wise. ‘Sure.

I like to see a home like this, a home connected with people's thoughts and work, things they love.

I cant control everything, and I dont need to

The more necessary it becomes to stop drinking, the more impossible it becomes to stop.

The interesting thing about life is, there is what you think is going to happen, and what actually happens.

I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat.

Obviously, after the match your fans come up to you and really look but to you but you don't get too much recognition around town for playing for FC Dallas.

You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.