And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country...
When a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist.
You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.
There are plenty of good reasons for fighting,' I said, 'but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large pa...
The nicest veterans...the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought.
That is the first thing I know for sure: (1.) If the questions don't make sense, neither will the answers.
Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. D...
It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love.
It took us that long to realize that a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
I was obviously born to draw better than most people, just as the widow Berman and Paul Slazinger were obviously born to tell stories better than most people can. Other people are obviously born to si...
I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on.
How’s the patient? asked Derby.Dead to the world.But not actually dead.No.How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.
[Hating America] would be as silly as loving it, I said. It’s impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn’t interest me. It’s no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I...
You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed, unpatched clothes, so rich Americans can stand to look at them.
Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut? Why don't you take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon?
When you get right down to it, everybody's having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everyone. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much.
When the last living thingHas died on account of us,How poetical it would beIf Earth could say,In a voice floating upPerhapsFrom the floorOf the Grand Canyon,
When everything was beautiful and nothing hurt...
What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!