Atheism was natural enough, but heresy seemed strange. For, surely, if one could believe anything, one could believe everything.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

Life, for all its agonies...is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing...and whatever is to come after it -- we shall not have this life again.

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

Once you get to know your neighbors, you are no longer free, you are all tangled up, you have to stop and speak when you are out and you never feel safe when you are in.

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

Human passions against eternal laws -- that is the everlasting conflict.

To lunch with the important ... that should be the daily goal of those for whom life is not a playground but a ladder.

The impulse to ask questions is among the more primitive human lusts.

As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals -- or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all.

Hard work works harder than luck!

What lies beyond the wormhole ... is the devil incarnate.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

you remember what is lost, and you forget what's right in front of you.

If we lived correctly, there would be no need to concern ourselves with the bowel. However, most of us are not living right.

If theres a sustainable job that will create sustainable value, people will hire for it.

I feel like Alice falling into Wonderland. A line came to him: It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.

There are some things that you have to consider when using MySpace, and a lot of big labels don't do this.

Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.