Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

A myth is more powerful - and more lasting - than reality.

I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.

Old as he was, he still missed his daddy sometimes.

Time is a funny thing. I was always puzzled with the way a single day could stretch itself out to the point of eternity in your mind, all while years melted down into the fraction of a second.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.

Contempt mates well with pity.