It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
The natural desire of good men is knowledge.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.
So they were trying to re-invent themselves and their universe. Science fiction was a big help.
Marguerite young is unquestionably a genius.
That's the attractive thing about war. Absolutely everything gets a little something.
How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.
She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what god is doing.
There must be tons of human bone meal in the ground.
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.
This one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written by a pillar of salt.
If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do
Things are going to get unimaginably worse, and they are never, ever, going to get better
I was too pessimistic for an optimist to live with
Have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone
It was with deep, idiotic relief that I leaned on that fleshy, humid, barn-yard fool.
It would sound like a dream,” said billy. “Other people’s dreams aren’t very interesting, usually.
Just have trouble understanding how truth, all by itself, could be enough for a person.
This moment and every moment lasts forever.
They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.
The slaughterhouse where we had been locked up at night as prisoners of war.