We bite back the things we can't say and we cushion every surface for the inevitable moment when they all come fighting out.

Accidents happen. Our bones shatter, our skin splits, our hearts break. We burn, we drown, we stay alive.

I am afraid of everybody else's secrets

There's this magical place, ' he says with mock solemnity, 'called a library--I don't know if you've heard of it, but they have books, and also newspaper, and back issues of newspapers...

I think that we all drown, in one way or another.

In the ghost house in the last days of the accident season, we were never going to die.

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

Ocean separates lands, not souls..

I am curious. I like to know the beauty of truth.

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

No sign of purpose can be detected in any part of the vast universe disclosed by our most powerful telescopes.

All a skeptic is is someone who hasn't had an experience yet.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

Whether in commerce, administration, or on the battlefield, leaders who win understand the Secret of Victory: Act first to finish first.

Never let anyone take away your dream.

It is no more easy to make a good picture than it is to find a diamond or a pearl. It means trouble and you risk your life for it.