I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a very good chance of eventually being fought.

atrophy of feeling creates criminals.

The one who travels like a lover searching for a new passion is suddenly blessed with new eyes, new ears, new senses.

I hate rarely, though when I hate, I hate murderously.

I have no fear of God, and yet fear keeps me awake at night,fear of the devil. And if I believe in the devil, I must believe in God. And if evil is abhorrent to me, I must be a saint. Henry, save me from beatification, from the horrors of static perfection. Precipitate me into the inferno.