He was like a child with haemophilia: every contact drew blood.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.

Some team members act as adhesives to unite the team.

Agnostics are just atheists without balls.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

Trust is like blood pressure. It's silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly.

My best fishing-memory is about some fish that I never caught.

Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.

Regret couldn't fix what he's broken. Apologies couldn't bring back what he's lost. What we'd lost.

The art form is to become one with the hurdle, to make it your friend, and I embraced that process.

Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?