“Everyone, he continued, wants his life to stand for something other than what it would, which is about eighty years in the West, at any rate eighty years of working, eating, sleeping, shitting, b...”

“No sight better expresses the politics of aid, the dynamics of the West and the developing countries, than the image of children, happy or in need.”

“Everything new is on the rim of our view, in the darkness, below the horizon, so that nothing new is visible but in the light of what we know.”

“Then, as now, I believe that the English use language to hide what they mean.”

“Its always nice to learn a thing or two from a novel, dont you think?”

“At every stage, the world that breaks in through our senses struggles to find a footing in our brains. We might liken memories to the messages recorded on tape, but we mistake the message for the m...”

“The happiness of mankind, if it ever should come to pass, would still leave men asking: Why? What point to it? To what end?”

“To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became the only ends, somehow, and the only basis of lawa perversion. Inevitably, th...”

“Heterosexuality is the traditional way of expressing love and romance; the act of enjoyment between opposite sexes. It is not only for the purpose of enjoyment and pleasure, but also the human gene...”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

“If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.”

“You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!”

“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.”