It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.

You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.

I am who I am and that's who I am

Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.

It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.

There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.

We are all entitled to our own share of mistakes and learning experiences in life. No one should take them away from us. Not even our parents.

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.

I will be steel! I will build a steel bridge over my need! I will build a bomb shelter over my heart! But my future is a secret. It is as shy as a mole.

I like to make things. Its been part of my identity since I was a kid.

She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.

The supremacy of public opinion determines not only the singular role that economics occupies in the complex of thought and knowledge. It determines the whole process of human history.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody's going to buy their way out of its effects.

I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.

No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.