And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?

The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

I believe in walking out of a museum before the paintings you've seen begin to run together. How else can you carry anything away with you in your mind's eye?

Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

My guess is that he remembers some of me, some of us together, and the rest rolled off him like topsoil in a flash flood.

In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.

-Do you think artists are supposed to be happy? -Everyone is supposed to be. -I said staunchly, and I knew that I was indeed an idiot and that was my destiny and I didn't mind it

We feel pain for every Syrian victim.

For the most part my friends can always be more entertaining than the tube ever can be.

When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made.... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness.

All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual.

Angry people attract angry people and live in an angry world and this validates their opinion that the world is angry.

If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises.

I wonder if we climb to heaven over the ruins of many cherished schemes.

I prefer to leave standing up, like a well-mannered guest at a party.

cleverness is a disease.

Handling a painful situation in a comedic way is truly the funniest. That is extremely real to me and not kind of clownish. There is a thin line though; you can't overdo it.