Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know; it made them feel ignorant.

Show me that I m everywhere and get me home for tea.

Impulsive passion please set me free.

All was glorious - a cloudless sky above, a most delicious view around. . . . How great is our good fortune! I care not what may be the condition of the earth; it is the sky that is for me now.

Conscience is the moralized form of self-absorption.

My idea of magic doesn't have much to do with stage tricks and illusions. The whole world abounds in magic.

You only get to be a victim once. After that, you're a volunteer.

I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?

God's away, God's away, God's away on business. Business!

God doesn't need a lot to do a lot. All David had was five stones. And all David used was one.

People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty