What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred.

Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.

Being alone can be good. It's easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death.

Death came, Death went, but Commerce flowed Eternal.

What has been is no more. Change has come.

I always thought happiness was a choice and I always chose things that made me happy, and books were one of those.

When things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always, like, really baffles you, and I've found that it's best to accept bafflement whenever it comes along, and then move on.