Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire.

He struggled with himself, too. I saw it -- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.

They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.

The mind of man is capable of anything.

In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.

I don't think a single one of them had any clear idea of time, as we at the end of countless ages have. They still belonged to the beginnings of time—

I remembered the old doctor, - "It would be interesting for science to watch the mental changes of individuals, on the spot." I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting.

He was there below me, and, upon my word, to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a featherhat, walking on his hind legs.

There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget.

It was not my strength that wanted nursing, it was my imagination that wanted soothing.

When no one cares about you, just look at yourself in mirror

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

Great literary works are not measured by the number of words, but by the impact they create.

I've met a few people who were passive-aggressive, but I've never met anyone who was aggressive-passive. I don't want tacos! Maybe.

Where the people are well educated, the art of piloting a state is best learned from the writings of Plato.

Today couture has to be expensive, but it shouldn’t look expensive.

Whether you want to be the best at your job, or at sports, just do your best. Give it everything you have.

The body is the doorway to the timeless, because the body is always where we are and always in the present moment.

It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals.

You just can't be good in bed anymore. You have to be good at the keyboard too.