Unrequited love is a ridiculous state, and it makes those in it behave ridiculously.

We are still waging Peloponnesian wars. Our control of the material world and our positive science have grown fantastically. But our very achievements turn against us, making politics more random and wars more bestial.

George Steiner

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences.

Whittaker Chambers

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

Stephen King

The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.

George Sutherland

The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Michael Korda

I've heard the word 'fear'. I simply choose to believe it doesn't apply to me.

Cassandra Clare

Apparently wizards poke their noses in everywhere!

J.K. Rowling

I love the idea that somebody is going to compare me to my character or think that I am like my character when they see me. I feel like that is a role that I am willing to fulfill.

Monique Coleman

To tell you the truth, I'm something of an atheist.

Terry Pratchett

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Auguste Rodin

More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

Barbara Boxer

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.

James Barrie