"Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you."

"The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living."

"The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for."

"You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?"

"Poetry is the language of a state of crisis."

"The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely."

"It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn"

"Be grateful for what you have and you will always have enough."

"What...what about when I'm married?" "We'll buy a cot. Your husband can sleep on that when he visits."

"Helping other people can be a cure not just for those who are in need, but for your soul as well."