We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.

Around every corner is another gift waiting to surprise us, and it will surprise us if we can achieve control over our natural tendencies to make comparisons [to things that are better rather than things that are worse], to take things for granted [rather than imagining how much worse things would be if they weren't there and so feeling grateful], and to feel entitled!

The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.

He has come to the most dreadful conclusion a literary man can come to, the conclusion that the ordinary view is the right one. It is only the last and wildest kind of courage that can stand on a tower before ten thousand people and tell them that twice two is four.

There is no logical connection between flying and laying eggs.

There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally.

I've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee.