Unbelief is a belief.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint.

When all else fails, philosophize.

We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable.

I know somewhat too much; and from this knowledge, once one has been infected, there seems to be no recovering.

All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.

But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul?

I don't think we are ready to die, any of us, not without being escorted.

A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us.

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

This was an urban legend that didn't make it on to Snopes.com

Some men are born to be good some born to be badAs for me I only came with just a pen ‘n’ a pad.

Older guys have too much emotional baggage. They’ve already lived their lives.

I have always been passionate about travelling. Credits to the books for they were invented. If not, I might not be able to reach my dream.

I'm just dandy, I got a bowl of chocolate pudding in my underpants!

You look like Curran. You have that pissy exasperated look on your face.

When I was in my teens I had issues with OCD.

Commercial banks are very good for certain businesses, like loans and guarding other people's money. They're not great investors or entrepreneurs.

In fact, I have never met anyone who didn't like Gargoyles.

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.