Things grew and lived in constant adversity, ingenious in solving problems of existence.

the boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.

Our security must be threatened in order for us to appreciate it.

Life without emotions is like an engine without fuel.

Audiences will get just as tired of people wrestling on a bed as they did of Tom Mix kissing his horse.

The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.