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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date.
Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.
Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris.
An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.
After a good quality dinner one will be able to forgive anybody, still one's own relations.
Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.
By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.
Discontent is like ink poured into water, which fills the whole fountain full of blackness.
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.
Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.
Parisians won't admit that they go to the gym, let alone that they're scared of terrorists.
I say I write extrapolations. I look at data points and ask what the world could look like.
Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions.
It was complicated. I understood it, mostly, but I had to think a little sideways to do it.
The size of your body is just right. The only question is whether you're big enough inside.
Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?
Isn't that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones.
All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.
I love worldbuilding. It's as much fun for me as writing itself. It's like a hobby of mine.
One Thanksgiving weekend, I had a lost weekend at a friend's place with 'Grand Theft Auto.'
In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.
Oh Alexander," she said, "what do you want from me..." "Everything!" he whispered fiercely.
We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.
As for inhibitions, I've spent a lifetime developing them, and I don't intend to lose them.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the nature of their troubles.
I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned.
I believe that kids as well as adults are entitled to books of no socially redeeming value.
Hey! Sorry, lady, but nobody's staking anybody at this party! I hung a disco ball for this.
Really? Is he running for Worst Boyfriend Ever?" "In the subcategory of Completely Awesome.
That's kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay.
Of course, I thought I was badass at sixteen, too. Wait, I was badass at sixteen. Oh, yeah.
Poems are the 'daredevil' of writing because a poem will say what nobody else wants to say.
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.
There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.
Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.
Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. Real brains don't do that.
It is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible.
The Revolutionary Guard controls almost everything in Iran, and this is hurting the people.
I have been playing games since I was about 6, and they've always been a big hobby of mine.
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
You can't solve problems for someone whose problem is that they don't want problems solved.
It is a great moment in life when a father sees a son grow taller than he or reach farther.
Go out by yourself, face the wind, hold up your head and thank God for this gardening year.
Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.