“Half the world hatesWhat half the world does every dayHalf the world waitsWhile half gets on with it anyway”

“Half the world criesHalf the world laughsHalf the world triesTo be the other half”

“books, i think, are a different kind of time machine. instead of reminding you of a lost world, they create one for you. more personal, more intimate-unlike movies, say, the world you experience while reading a book has been lived and envisioned entirely from the INSIDE, and its contours are yours alone.”

“I can worship Nature, and that fulfills my need for miracles and beauty. Art gives a spiritual depth to existence -- I can find worlds bigger and deeper than my own in music, paintings, and books. And from my friends and family I receive the highest benediction, emotional contact, and personal affirmation. I can bow before the works of Man, from buildings to babies, and that fulfills my need for wonder. I can believe in the sanctity of Life, and that becomes the Revealed Word, to live my life as I believe it should be, not as I'm told to by self-appointed guides.”

“You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be.”

“From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.”

“If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.”