Life is one heck of an invention. It is better than the iPhone 4S and Coke Zero combined.

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.

My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, always on the front line, and never hurt anybody.

According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.

It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

For three months, a person sits and looks at you, imagining a kiss.

Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

If you know who you are, it reduces your fear of trials

That's the thing about love, it secretly attracts and demands your attention.

What makes the earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it ought to feel like Heaven.

I grabbed at my chest, instinctively, and he grabbed at his. We were both trying to stop the pain, which was the result of his thoughts of ending his pursuit of me.

My mom is my heart. But my [step]dad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.

I go scuba diving. I ski. Watch movies. I take a week of silence every three months in the wilderness. And, besides, I have fun all the time anyway.

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.

I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise it.

The fact that you are not sure means that it is possible that there is another way someday.