It's a lot like the Wild West out here... just with tea shops instead of saloons. Wild West Sahara, that is.

If literacy was natural, the word ‘illiteracy’ would not exist.

Huh. What a dope! Wait till Mom hears about this. He's so in trouble now. You know how crazy she gets about malaria.

Framing the right problem is equally or even more important than solving it.

When you create a soul, plant the seeds of love with your thoughts, words, and actions . The soul flourishes among the flow-ers of love.

I don't get to shoot anybody. That kind of sucks.

There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.

I try not to take myself too seriously.

Have courage. It clears the way for things that need to be.

Man and the animals are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption.

There is no doubt that a person's charms are less frequently a cause of love than a remark such as: 'No, this evening I shan't be free'.

When it's raining pudding, hold up your bowl.

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship