Anticipation lifts the heart. Desire is created to be fulfilled - perhaps not all at once, more likely in slow stages. Isaiah uttered his prophetic words about the renewal of the natural Creation into...

Ignorance might be bliss. But self-forgetfulness is pure ecstasy.

History will always repeat itself, because it makes for good reading. It doesn't have to be truthful or factual, just entertaining with the odd fact thrown in for good measure.

We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.

The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had show...

It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.

You're going to keep a low profile throughout the entire competition... You're going to stay solidly in the middle, where no one will look your way, because you're not a threat, because they'll think...

You're a hopeless romantic, said Faber. It would be funny if it were not serious. It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books. The same things could be in the 'parlor fami...

You look . . . so divine, I said in a tight voice. I see candy in your eyes and the crown jewels of England too.No—that’s what I am seeing in your eyes, Cathy. You’re so very beautiful in that white n...

You know, I said, holding my ground. I gotta tell you. The goatee thing? Yeah, way over. And you know a little jewelry really does go a long way. Just something you might want to consider. I'm actuall...

You kidding? So many preservatives in these things, I'll live forever.

Why does that kid think so highly of himself?Kids that think they're so smart.They're everywhere! Destroy is self-esteem!Yes...I really do think highly of myself.People like me should get a taste of t...

When you shall have learned to know, and to love, you will still suffer. The day is born in tears. The luminous weep, if only over those in darkness.

We know that you don't want to be a drunk and you don't want to be hooked on addictive drugs. You do it because you can't cope with your life without some sort of support, even if that support is dama...

Tucker finally parked next to me. We joined Cooper who stared at a hawk flying over the woods. I’ve had my eye on you since the Devils came to town, Cooper said, glancing at me. Ignore the romantic vi...

This was truly to be a radical milestone: the world’s first-ever marathon nude psychotherapy session for criminal psychopaths. Elliott’s raw, naked, LSD-fueled sessions lasted for epic eleven day stre...