Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.

But why all these questions?Because I'm in love and I'm afraid of suffering.Don't be afraid, the only way to avoid that suffering would be to refuse to love.

But they both agreed that it's always nice to know that your wife is desired by another man, although they wouldn't go any further than that.

Fear exists before and after, but not while the shots are being fired, because, at that moment, you see men at their very limit, capable of the most heroic of actions and the most inhumane.

He inclined his head ever so slightly, displaying with his bearing the supreme confidence, even arrogance, that is the sole providence of cats, dragons, and certain highborn women.

The best is to do injustice without paying the penalty

He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

Passion is taking such a bite out of life that when the juices run down your face, everyone licks their lips!

If the general public demanded better, they'd get better, because the market­place responds to the public's needs and desires.

My biggest complaint about customer service is that I am put on hold too long.

To fly, we must have resistance.

People get way too much credit at funerals.