"That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts."

"The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible."

"I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears."

"I don't mourn the loss of my childhood; I mourn because everything, including (my) childhood, is lost."

"What has happened to us has happened to everyone or only us; if to everyone, then it's no novelty, and if only to us, then it won't be understood. From, The Book of Disquiet"

"The unnatural and the strange have a perfume of their own"

"Without madness what is man But a wholesome beast, Postponed corpse that begets?"

"Inch by inch I conquered the inner terrain I was born with. Bit by bit I reclaimed the swamp in which I'd languished. I gave birth to my infinite being, but I had to wrench myself out of me with forceps."

"At first I felt dizzy - not with the kind of dizziness that makes the body reel but the kind that's like a dead emptiness in the brain, an instinctive awareness of the void."

"Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!"

"My soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child; its restlessness keeps growing and is forever the same. Everything interests me, but nothing holds me."

"I sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else."

"And, like the great damned souls, I shall always feel that thinking is worth more than living."

"Along my body, waking while I sleep, Sharp to the kiss, cold to the hand as snow, The scar of this encounter like a sword"

"I have learned to fail. And I have had my say."

"Hard, hard it is, this anxious autumn To lift the heavy mind from its dark forebodings;"

"Life is an occasion...rise to it."

"Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away."

"Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair."

"Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals."

"Cost, Always, Effective"

Rumsfeld

"...Because what's the meaning of doing dishes if you're not driven by something beyond necessity."

"He said, "The word for moonlight is moonlight."