They all think any minute I'm going to commit suicide. What a joke. The truth of course is the exact opposite: suicide is the only thing that keeps me alive. Whenever everything else fails, all I have to do is consider suicide and in two seconds I'm as cheerful as a nitwit. But if I could not kill myself -- ah then, I would. I can do without nembutal or murder mysteries but not without suicide.

Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him.

It is not merely the truth of science that makes it beautiful, but its simplicity.

Genius consists not in making great discoveries, but in seeing the connection between small discoveries.

Ooooh," Kate groans, Kate herself now. "I'm so afraid." "I know." "What am I going to do?" "You mean right now?" "Yes." "We'll go to my car. Then we'll drive down to the French Market and get some coffee. Then we'll go home." "Is everything going to be all right?" "Yes." "Tell me. Say it." "Everything is going to be all right.

Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.

Suppose you ask God for a miracle and God says yes, very well. How do you live the rest of your life?