Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for breathing.

Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own.

The tragedy of loss is not that we grieve, but that we cease to grieve, and then perhaps the dead are dead at last.

Death ... obliterates family resemblance as it does personality: there is no affinity between the living and the dead.

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human experience are human beings more convinced that something better can be had only if they persevere.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.