“Are you going away with no word of farewell? Will there be not a trace left behind? Well I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind. You know that was the last thing on my mind.”

“It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life.”

“The only way to Cuba is with the CIA.”

“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.”

“God isn't dead--he's just missing in action.”

“success is an enemy to the losers of the day”

“When you allow a person's words to upset you, you're giving away your power.”