And here is our girl, looking-- If possible, worse than before. (You thought this was Cinderella transistorized?)

All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter.

Being, I imagine, must be very simple. It is Becoming which is so messy and which I am all for.

Absolutes are absolutely dangerous.

Passing in any crowd are secret people whose hidden response to beauty is the desire to tear it into bleeding meat.

You can understand why a system would seek information - but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refusal to accept communication so painful?

I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.

Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature.

Man is an animal whose dreams come true and kill him.

good is too often allied with vulnerability and evil with power.

Any chance beats no chance.

E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?

Leave not a foot of verse, a foot of stone, A Page, a Grave, that they can call their own; But spread, my sons, your glory thin or thick, On passive paper, or on solid brick.

I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.

The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology -- the study of life. We must learn to think both logically and bio-logically.

Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming. ?Bet you the rules and I hit the ground running Didn't make sense not to live for fun. Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb.

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other.

Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.

It's only arrogance if you're wrong.

The only reason the Protestants and Catholics have given up the idea of universal domination is because they've realised they can't get away with it.