“..because human beings cannot remain grateful for long, you know.”

“Even if you believe that every human being harbors an immortal soul, the problem of responsibility remains: I cannot take credit for the fact that I do not have the soul of a psychopath.”

“Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.”

“If we want our species to survive in the long term, human beings cannot afford to stop reaching for the stars.”

“...the representation of human character and personality remains always the supreme literary value, whether in drama, lyric or narrative. I am naive enough to read incessantly because I cannot, on my own, get to know enough people profoundly enough.”

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. ”