The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.

Although personally, I think cyberspace means the end of our species.

Michael Crichton

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky -- or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.

Carl Sandburg, Complete Poems, 1

Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty-five years and you pay it back and then -- one day -- you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then -- one day -- you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and then you die. Maybe.

Denis Leary

Humans are about to grasp basic substances of all creations. When that moment comes, life or death are no longer matters.

Toba Beta

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.

Anne Lamott

The claim to equality, outside of the strictly political field, is made only by those who feel themselves to be in some way inferior.

C.S. Lewis

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

Clyde Tombaugh

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Benjamin Franklin

Aku ingin memilikimu, dari setiap bagian yang tak kupunya, hanya itu cara untuk membuatku menjadi lengkap.

Robin Wijaya

One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.

Jean M. Auel

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

Voltaire