Humans make the mistake of believing that it is their right to survive. Species die out on this planet all the time without anyone noticing. The planet will still be there, and we must lose this attitude of divine right, that something will save us.

An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.

Takes more than combat boots to make a man.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

What might save us, me and you, is if the Russians love their children too.

For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located and what was happening in your life at time or where you were when you first read it is the languid and distilled pleasure of the connoisseur.

Money is only important when you don't have any.