The scientist keeps the romantic honest, and the romantic keeps the scientist human.

The first time that she spread her legs for him it had been like opening her jaws for the dentist.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

He was becoming unstuck, he was sure of that - his bones were no longer wrapped in flesh but in clouds of dust, in hummingbirds, dragonflies, and luminous moths - but so perfect was his equilibrium that he felt no fear. He was vast, he was many, he was dynamic, he was eternal.

If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of hiding our heads in a prayer cloth and building walls against temptation, why not get better at fulfilling desire? Salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as the superb.

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.

Never be afraid to make a fool of yourself. The furthest out you can go is the best place to be.