Reason finds it difficult to take root in the arid soil of wrath.

Murder is the apex of megalomania, the ultimate in control.

Suicide is part murder, revenge on those who hurt you, just as murder is part suicide, for a murderer knows he risks losing his life.

When one must sit with the snobs, one belongs with the frightened.

Life for the unhappy is an endless search for 'the good parent,' one who will truly love him instead of making him afraid.

Flippancy may be a lance tilted in the face of fear.

Understanding why is never enough.

often when I thought I joked, I told the truth, afraid to speak it except in jest.

each generation devises better ways to survive. Civilization may, in one sense, be a tribute to the ingeniousness of some children in outwitting parents.

The outer prisons are made by the community to contain those who have dared break its laws. The inner prisons each man makes for himself because of what he feels are his transgressions.

Usually the things you dislike in a person are his defenses against fear.

If a man truly loves, he gives no heed to what others may think. His heart has no room for that, for it is filled to the brim with the unutterable truth of his feelings.

Melancholy is ... the most legitimate of all the poetical tones.

No path is wholly rough.

For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there.

If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand.

I will continue to forcefully support nonproliferation activities around the world.

You can't call a ninja lord dweeb.

Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now.