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As the end approaches, there are no longer any images from memory - there are only words.
The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.
...the habit of falling hardens the body, reaching the ground, to in itself, is a relief.
"Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is."
Privation and suffering alone open the mind to all that is hidden to others. (Igjugarjuk)
For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery
[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.
Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.
A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.
... Our ability to reason has not given us special status, only a greater responsibility.
The serial arsonist is the most difficult to apprehend because the evidence is burned up.
Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.
Whenever man forgets that man is an animal, the result is always to make him less humane.
The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.
I don't know if real courage lies in storming barricades or simply not denying the truth.
Then, like a born and bred asshole, he added to the sheriff, "He writes murder mysteries.
But life never lets you go, does it? You can't put down life the way you put down a book.
As a matter of fact, she has refused to marry me.” “So when's the wedding?” Ramsey asked.
Water and stone Flesh and bone Night and morn Rose and thorn Tree and wind Heart and mind
Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.
You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods.
You don't need a geochache for this one." "You don't, huh?" "Nope.. here I am. Here I am.
Luckily, however, life doesn't always follow tradition, but craves out a path of its own.
I almost ran you down, remember? I have to be nice to you, so you don't have me arrested.
It was unbelievable. She was standing there, staring at him like he was a real rock star.
Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next Gone With the Wind.
My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
The development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature.
A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace.
Hindsight's a wonderful thing. If we all had it there would be no history to write about.
I decided a long time ago that I didn't have to be talented. I just had to be persistent.
My love for you tonight is so deep and tender that it seems to be outside myself as well.
What's great about teen fiction is that it's all mixed up - there's highbrow and lowbrow!
Perfect night, wasn't it?" "It could have been." I smiled up at him. "But you were there.
One's sanctions for truth and goodness are established largely by individual preferences.
It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.
The living carry us inside them like pearls. We survive only so long as they remember us.
You can't help whom you love, Lady. Nor can you know what it's liable to cause you to do.
Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
Make war not on terrorism but on ignorance, on sickness and on environmental degradation.
All was forgiven. All living things were brothers, and all dead things were even more so.
A lover's a liar, To himself he lies, The truthful are loveless, Like oysters their eyes!
People who are wary of what they might find in a book if they opened one are right to be.
The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
I'd never met coffee that wasn't wonderful. It was just a matter of how wonderful it was.
I just love dealing with people whose idea of sometimes is every thousand years,” I said.
When crime busting is easier than your personal life, something has gone seriously wrong.
I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin.
LA has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.