Nothing is the mirror in which you see the world.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!

We have our dreams because without them we could not bear the truth.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

we have so much to say, and we shall never say it.

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even - love with a mixture of sadness, reverence, and silent knowledge.

Everyone saves someone at least once. Just as he kills someone at least once. Even though he may not know it.

Anything you can settle with money is cheap.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

I use Fiction to face Reality And write sweet Stories to avoid the bitter ones.

The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.

In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

It's time to diet and exercise when you accept the fact that you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time - but not while you're wearing a bathing suit.

I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me.

Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice.

Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.

(on fox news).... it's like watching a Disney movie about the news.

Some sitters don't engage with the process of having their portrait painted at all. They'll think it's a good opportunity to catch up with all their phone calls.