“The mind plays tricks. It rejects things until it thinks or something tells it that the remembering can be handled.”

“And then the earth, the world, the planet, the galaxy, and the entire solar system went crazy.”

“Truth is neither joyful nor sad, neither good nor bad. It is simply truth.”

“There is nothing in a crowded street more noticeable than a man running unless it is a woman.”

“Strangers should meet in unfamiliar areas. It's comforting.”

“A corruption of intentions.”

“We have grace of strength to work, to clear our cities of any dirt.”

“Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a mutual love, or dislike, friendship, or enmity. W...”

“Having spent a long time in open spaces, whether sea or desert, it is a luxury to be able to take refuge in towns with narrow streets which provide a fragile fortress against the assaults of the in...”

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to...”

“[C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124)”

“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. ...”

“The power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save ...”

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”

“Smartass Disciple: Master, why should people love each other ?Master of Stupidity: Well, orgasm is felt better than kill each other.”