Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.
The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.
There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.
Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?
Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.
I'm an old Catholic. I don't believe in anything Catholic but I do believe that Catholicism keeps me from committing suicide.