I tell myself it does not matter what one reads-favorite authors, particular themes-as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

Life does often get in the way of one's reading.

We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors.

Only sometimes when we pick and choose among the rules we discover later that we have set aside something precious in the process.

You cannot run away from what’s in your heart.

The world is full of small ignorances. We must all do our best to ignore them and thereby keep them small, don't you think

Passion is all very well, but it wouldn't do to spill the tea.

...as I get older, I find myself insisting on my right to be philosophically sloppy.

The human race is all the same when it comes to romantic relations, ' said the Major. 'A startling absence of impulse control combined with complete myopia.

...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

War does have a way of interfering with one's most closely held desires.

So I do fear death in the sense that I find the prospect of dying pretty scary. But I no longer fear that I will one day be annihilated and cease to exist.

The Olympics are great. For two weeks we become absolutely fascinated in these people we've never heard of before and will never think of again.

The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.

The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them.

When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.

Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years was tricky.

But we have nothing of the Spirit except through regeneration. Everything, therefore, which we have from nature is flesh.

I work because I enjoy what I'm doing, and the fact that I make money at it - big money - is a fine-and-dandy side fact.

Too often in life we pass by important things. Let's pause, change perspective and see things more clearly.

The individual has been crushed by our style of management today.