“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if...

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”

“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”

“Oh, we're playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a nice pot of kiss-my-ass?”

“You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult...

“Better to be strong than pretty and useless.”

“The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

“If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.”

“No good deed goes unpunished.”

“Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”

“I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.”

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”

“If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.”

“I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone-you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.”

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart”

“But he who dares not grasp the thorn <br /> Should never crave the rose.”

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

“Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.”

“She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.”

“I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ”