Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.

She was made mostly of coffee and empty spaces.

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

He suggested devils, skulls, harsh masculine drawings. This thing was…heart poundingly good. She wanted to pluck it, and bury her face in it, and keep it in a vase by her bedside.

God is concerned with our imaginations, for they in a large measure determine what kind of persons we are to be.

What is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked."You die, too. And you wait around for your body to catch up.

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.

At the time of death, whatever you have focused on the most will determine your next life.

What do you think I'm a professor of? The little finger? (On offers of honorary doctorates.)

It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is

I think the next century will be the century of complexity.

Capitalistic Anarchism ? Oh, yes, if you choose to call it so. Names are indifferent to me; I am not afraid of bugaboos. Let it be so, then, capitalistic Anarchism.