They were having an argument as old and comfortable as an armchair, the kind of argument that no one ever really wins or loses but which can go on forever, if both parties are willing.

Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say "what kind of tea?"

Take one, and you cannot take the other. But neither path is safe. Which way would you walk — the way of hard truths or the way of fine lies?

I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear. Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out.

If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away.

You have to finish things - that's what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.

When I was young I was a fool. So wrap me up in dreams and death.