“My head is a prison Ive been locked in from the start,So if I'm treated like a criminal I might as well play the part.(attrib: E. Tancarville)”

“Fiction in general holds little interest for me. Novels, in particular, arouse more suspicion than intrigue. It truly baffles me that any practitioner of make-believe should (especially in this day...”

“One makes his own meanings as the counterfeiter prints his own money: both know full well that the value of either rests solely in the gullibility of its recipient...”

“The code of the con is to know just enough about everything so you can lie about anything.(attrib: E. Tancarville)”

“The prisoner of doubt ends his stint [through suicide], released to the custody of that final question mark which punctuates every life sentence.”

“My head is a prison I’ve been locked in from the start,So if I'm treated like a criminal I might as well play the part.(attrib: E. Tancarville)”

“Creation, in all its splendor and misery, in all the beauty and ugliness of its myriad forms, is how God manifests His presence in time. Creation is God in time.”

“A world where it is safe to love is a world where it is safe to live”

“My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.”

“The ultimate foundation of spirituality is the recognition that there can't be such a thing as a purposeful life in a purposeless universe.”

“George, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of the truth, maybe shame the Devil just a little bit before we go.”

“Man must learn to know the universe precisely as it is, or he cannot successfully find his place in it. A man should therefore use his reasoning faculty in all matters involving truth, and especial...”

“We have built a thousand temples to Fortune and not one to Reason.”