A liberal: someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life

There is no way of conveying to the corpse the reasons you have made him one--you have the corpse, and you are, thereafter, at themercy of a fact which missed the truth, which means that the corpse has you.

Tell me, he said, "What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. what are they waiting for?" "Well […] I guess people wait in order to make sure of what they feel." "And when you have waited—-has it made you sure?

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.