The human race is a race of cowards, and I am not only marching in that procession, but carrying a banner.
Mark TwainA book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.
Ray BradburyIt's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.
Lily TomlinSuperstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
Marlene DietrichIt ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.
Mark TwainBeyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
Leonardo da VinciIf you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
Cesare PaveseThere is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which rightly understood is solitude made perfect.
Robert Louis Stevenson