There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.
Before I speak, I have something important to say.
You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
What is to give light must endure burning.
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.
Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.