Genius is a plodding intellect, incapable of dreaming up the obstacles that stop the rest of us.

It comes down to whether you believe in seven miraculous escapes a week or one guardian angel.

What we seek in the end is not unconditional love but a love for which we, uniquely in all the world, meet all the conditions.

After 5,000 years of recorded human history, you wonder, what part of 2,000,000 sunrises doesn't a pessimist understand?

Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don't fool.

The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective.

If you think that someone is out to steal everything you have, you're either paranoid or a member of the middle class.