Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?

The world never stops unmaking what the world never stops making. But who says the world has to make sense?

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

People b'lief the world is built so an tellin em it ain't so caves the roofs on their heads'n'maybe yours.

The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed

When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.