I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are those that other folks have lent me.

Anatole France

That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a long time in the study of philosophy appear ridiculous when they enter the courts of law as speakers. Those who have knocked about in courts and the like from their youth up seem to me, when compared with those who have been brought up in philosophy and similar pursuits, to be as slaves in breeding compared with freemen.

Plato

I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition.

Eric Clapton

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Washington Irving

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.

George Will

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...

Robert Collier

Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies.

Sue Johanson

Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new

Aberjhani

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.

R.J. Palacio

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.

Ambrose Bierce

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

Aldous Huxley

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.

Moon Unit Zappa