The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

The less one notices happiness, the greater it is.

It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.

Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer.

War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.

I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality.

Those who are actively seeking enlightenment will not find it because the act of looking for it is the distraction from it.

u know when u are in a garage filled with cars (girls) and then u click on the clicker and cara opens up

My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?

Our ultimate aim in life is not to be healthy, wealthy, prosperous, or problem free. Our ultimate aim in life is to bring glory to God.

Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if they were moving toward a set goal.

The only paradise is paradise lost.

I cannot keep from talking, even at the risk of being instructive.

Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.

There's a big difference between not settling and not starting.

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.