For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone.

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.

Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.

And if you were a spirit, and time did not bind you, and patience and love were all you knew, then there you would wait for someone to return, and the story to unfold.

If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.

Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.

And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.

The best lessons of life are learnt in silence and solitude.

But Yossarian knew he was right, because, as he explained to Clevinger, to the best of his knowledge he had never been wrong.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation.

It's not what you want in this life, it's what you get that you have to do with.

I'll tell you how I handle stress. I say-This too shall pass. You've got to try to stay cool and admit when you're wrong, and tell them when you're right.

There was at time in my life where all I wanted was a relationship, and I thought that was the most important thing.

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.

American Horror Story on cable now, it is terrific. There has to be room to re-invent.

A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.