A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is ... and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be ... more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo see that this lovely young girl is still alive

No storyteller has been able to dream up anything as fantastically unlikely as what really does happen in this mad Universe.

A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved.

Some people insist that "mediocre" is better than "best." They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.

Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.

Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.

Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect.