What are a friend's books for if not to be borrowed?

It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.

A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.

THOMASINA:But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a fine for all that is overdue!

And yes, we do have some food. Maybe you'd like to join us? Unless you want to stick with your sheep sushi.

The destruction of this universe would have no significance on a cosmic scale.

We cannot help the way in which people speak of us . . .

It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust.

I have a troubled relationship with Hunter S. Thompson, not just because he kicked me out of a bar but also because it's become clear to me that he was not a good person.

I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame.

I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic.

What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.

In the big picture I write for an audience of people I've never met. By the final draft I'm looking for anything in the prose that's prospectively boring to strangers.

To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.