The world is only tolerable because of the empty places in it...when the world's filled up, we'll have to get hold of a star. Any star. Venus, or Mars. Get hold of it and leave it empty. Man needs an empty space somewhere for his spirit to rest in.

The Freudians describe the conscious as a small lit area, all white, and the unconscious as a great dark marsh full of monsters. In their view, the monsters reach up, grab you by the ankles, and try to drag you down.

I am interested only in stretching myself, on living as fully as I can.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

The older I get the more secrets I have, never to be revealed and this, I know, is a common condition of people my age. and why all this emphasis on kissing and telling? Kisses are the least of it.

Growing up is, after all, only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what every one shares.