Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.

It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.

Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.

Sin is not so sinful as hypocrisy.

Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?

Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it.

Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.

Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..."

My sincere thanks to friends and family, especially my mother, father, brother, and Mandy, who continue to love and support me despite my obsessions.

I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual,' - Magnus Bane

There’s no conscious thing on the face of the world that doesn’t know dread more intimately than its own heartbeat.

With a parent, it's always guilt. You want to be there, but you kind of also want to be here.

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

Values are tapes we play on the Walkman of the mind: any tune we choose so long as it does not disturb others.

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.

Training for a marathon is much like climbing a ladder. Each ring is a short-term goal that must be met in sequence in order to reach the long-term goal at the top of the ladder.

Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement.

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo, sippin' on gin an juice Lay back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind.