And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

Don't be self-conscious, if I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it.

Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder

Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.

You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.

It's not the end. It's the beginning.

I can do this, I lied to myself feebly. No one was going to bite me.

You really should stay away from me.

It makes me . . . anxious . . . to be away from you.

Are you still faint from the run? Or was it my kissing expertise?

I hope some day we will learn to use the power of love, not the power of gun and world will see the universal peace.

Don't expect others to hand success to you. Create it - with heart, energy and enterprise - and you'll make it come true

From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.

Everyone dies. That is a universal constant. The only variable is how one dies.

No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.

I'm known for changing halfway through the day if my mood swings.

The hardest part of art-making is living your life in such a way that your work gets done-over and over-and that means, among other things, finding a host of practices that are just plain useful.

HOPE sustains us through despair. Hope teaches that there is reason to rejoice...even when all seems dark around us.

Maybe we all need to leave our children with a value legacy, and not a financial one. A value for things with a personal touch - an autographed book, a soul-searching letter.

Vowels are the most illuminated letters in the alphabet. Vowels are the colors and souls of poetry and speech. (1976 Penthouse interview)