“Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.”

“There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right it is the ideal American who is all wrong.”

“Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.”

“The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.”

“Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.”

“The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.”

“Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.”

“when you're a kid, they tell you that it's what's on the inside that counts. Looks don't matter . But that's not true. Guys like Phoebus in The Hunchback, or Dorian, or the old Kyle Kingsbury-- the...”

“Every concept of reality is all in our head, belief is what makes truth.”