“Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.”

“If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.”

“In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it you cannot complain.”

“Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.”

“How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.”

“Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted”

“If, after having been in someone's presence, you feel like you've lost a quart of plasma - avoid that presence. No one likes to hear the word "vampire" used around here... it's kind of bad for our public image.”