Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.

It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.

Longevity can't be the only test of love.

The world is not a rational place.

And taking care of somebody else made me feel good. Like discovering you're more than you thought you were. More even than you hoped to be.

I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else's business?

A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he'd know he was making a thousand children laugh.