Without trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

The more Africa depends on aid the less opportunities it creates for its people

I'm putting up a great front, then because I feel like I'm breaking apart inside.

There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.

I can't emphasize the immediate panic that would set in when I had to audition. I can't believe I did it.

Feels like a midget is hanging from my necklace

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.

When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

Sharia law is totally intolerant of homosexuality. It's not permissible.

We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we are much closer to finding what will.