“The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.”

“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”

“I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.”

“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”

“A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.”

“The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.”

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”