Words worth keeping

The world was hers for the reading.

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

The first draft of anything is shit.

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.

As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.

Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.