50 quotes
American writer (1902–1968)
“No - the stars are close and dear and I have joined the brotherhood of the worlds. And everything's holy - everything, even me.”
"If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last."
on Writing
"All great and precious things are lonely."
on Life
"Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man."
on Philosophy
"The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man."
on Work
"I do love her, and that’s odd because she is everything I detest in anyone else."
on Love
"I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments"
on Politics
"But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there."
"You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect."
on Wisdom
"Death was a friend, and sleep was Death's brother."
on Death
"And don't worry about losing. If i is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry.Nothing good gets away."
on Patience
"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen."
"He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat."
on Resilience
"Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth. And laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death. And sometimes, it isn't in time."
on Humor
"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that'swhy."
"This time last year I would have run to Sam Hamilton to talk.""Maybe both of us have got a piece of him," said Lee. Maybe that's what immortality is."
"Nearly everyone has had a box of secret pain, shared with no one."
"Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other."
on Fear
"There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I."
on Identity
"I don't want advice.' 'Nobody does. It's a giver's present."
