I treasure solitude. One doesn't have to have human contact.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

I often feel like a dinosaur. I don't get the technology thing at all. I was on the Internet not long ago for Barnes and Noble, and people were ringing up from all over the world - Australia, Canada, France. I experienced it as an informal chat, which was pleasant, but I couldn't quite take it in. It had a strong element of unreality. I can't be bothered to switch to a computer at my age, though I might get along with e-mail, which sounds appealing.

Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

Living in a small town anywhere means preserving one's self behind a mask.

Man who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!