...the greater objective (representative) perfection there is in our idea of a thing, the greater also must be the perfection of its cause.

...we ought not meanwhile to make use of doubt in the conduct of life.

...we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.

What a loss it would be if feminism killed chivalry.

I think they are a better race than humans ever were.

My first kiss. One tiny, sweet, cosmic kiss. Like falling from a star, onto a cloud, and into a love song.

Be wary of someone who has never failed, or seem to have no faults... Too good to be true usually is. Perfection hides something.

You see people who are 19 or 20 years old and they don't even know who The Who is. It's like, where have you been? Justin Timberlake? C'mon. Where are the roots?

Personally, I'm happier than I've ever been. So for me and my tiny little bubble the world is awesome, but I think that the world is in a pretty horrific state, especially at the momet with Syria.

... the novelist is bound by the reasonable possibilities, not the probabilities, of his culture.

Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning.

Fake it till you make it.

If we take back the labor unions, the legitimate businesses, eventually they become just another street gang. Spiritually, psychologically, they've always been just a street gang.