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Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God.
The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact.
I wonder do the gods know what it feels like to be a man.
All men are a disappointment. No matter what anyone says.
No government functions without the grease of corruption.
that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.
God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil.
I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care.
It is a bad idea to live too long. Few carry it off well.
The man of regular life and rational mind never despairs.
Am I hideous, Jane? Very, sir: you always were, you know.
The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.
Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
I danced out my pain...It felt like praying, like flying.
You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.
Sometimes the past seems too big for the present to hold.
You spend your entire life becoming God and then you die.
It can only take a moment to waste the rest of your life.
The only thing I know is everything you love will die.
This is our world now, and those ancient people are dead.
My point is, that if I'm honest, my life is all about me.
I'd wish for my work to be remembered rather than myself.
I'm not a great writer of literature. I'm an entertainer.
I try to have each book be an antidote to the one before.
I'm of that subset of native New Yorkers who can't drive.
If we neglect our privileges, the gods take them from us.
Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen.
Words pale and lose their savor while pain is always new.
Word gets around when the circus comes to town, don't it?
Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.
There are three cures for ennui: sleep, drink and travel.
I was nothing more than a thug with Tolstoy in my pocket.
I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.
Truly decent, innocent people can be taxing to be around.
The most malicious god is the god of the counted chicken.
I have a writer’s concentration: intense, but flickering.
The Civil War has a tremendous moral and emotional force.
As you get older, you don't get wiser. You get irritable.
Nicknames are potent ways of cutting people down to size.
Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.
I wasn't an active feminist in the '60s, never have been.
Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way.
You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.
You can't fake competence, creativity, or sexual arousal.
Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.
Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.
One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried.
Every man must wear out at least one pair of fools shoes.
Writing about your community is difficult for any writer.
To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.