Who you are is a mystery no one can answer, not even you.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

I was a new person then, I knew things I had not known before, I knew things that you can know only if you have been through what I had just been through.

No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.

It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life, from its very beginning, is a mystery to you.

I love the smell of book ink in the morning.

It's amazing how I'm able to ride around on a bike. People kind of see it's me but since I'm on a bike, they think, "No, it's not her." And by the time they realize it's me, I'm already gone.

This is important, to represent our country. We've also got to be ready for the Minnesota Twins.

we had made love without love, half-dressed most of the time and always in the dark so we could imagine ourselves as better than we were.

War, sometimes you have to go for it, you know?

So fair, so cold; like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill.

Any legitimate religion consists of rules of morality linked by love. That's it.

No, no, I was only funny on stage, really. I think I was funny as a person toward my classmates when I was very young. You know, when I was a child, up to about the age of 12.

A conviction is in the nature of a verdict and judgment, and therefore it must be precise and certain.

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone.