It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.

By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.

The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.

Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.

The distance between two minds is understanding.

Tears are a form of communication - like speech - and require a listener.

We are condemned to live together.

Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from doing one.

its not bad to be different. Sometimes it's the mark of being very very talented.

There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.

I have that thing in my stomach where I just need to keep striving for things. In my mind, I want the fairy tale

Hell must be a place where you are only allowed to read what you agree with.

To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul.