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

to move the wheels of justice is a ponderous business.

It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.

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

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

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

A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.