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The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign.
Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard.
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it`s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It`s probably the most important thing in a person.
Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
I don`t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn`t mean anything? What then?
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.
I don`t like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.
The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man`s growth without destroying his roots.
We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy`s fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, begging for pennies from every passerby, unaware that his fortune was right under him the whole time. Your treasure - your perfection - is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart.
That`s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people would want to be around someone because they`re pretty. It`s like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.