“Love is always being given where it is not required.”

“What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?”

“Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.”

“History develops, art stands still.”

“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.”

“Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.”

“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already...”

“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, ...”

“Well, good luck, the Vietnam verbal tic...It was as though people couldnt stop themselves from saying it, even when they actually meant to express the opposite wish, like, Die, motherfucker. Usuall...”