Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.

There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.

Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all Men made fools.

Here we find further argument for Gotagga’s supposition that the world is round. How else could all men stand higher than their brothers?

Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.

Love is lust made meaningful. Hope is hunger made human.

I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying.

To indulge it is to breed it. To punish it is to feed it. Madness knows no bridle but the knife.

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic.

Something ... made him feel small, not in the way of orphans or beggars or children, but in a good way. In the way of souls.

Let me have you in the most intimate ofways, let me give you a part of myself that no other man may touch.Make me yours forever.

I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange I never thought I would be.

I am torn in two but I will conquer myself.

I do not believe there is a long-term future for the privately rented sector in its present form.

Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently.

If this spirit shall ever be so far debased, as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate any thing but liberty.

The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing.

If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.

Friendship's a noble name, 'tis love refined.

The heart of standing is that you cannot fly.