And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.

Longevity can't be the only test of love.

Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.

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.

I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.

Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.

And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.