"Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day."

"If you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun."

"A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart."

"I would rather spend an hour among the notorious than two minutes with the dull."

"The truth of the matter is that window management under X is not yet well understood."

"Is the question 'Why is it bad to do bad things?' the same as asking permission?"

"Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish."

"The deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised."

"Man is a gregarious creature, more so in mind than in body. He may like to go alone for a walk but he hates to stand alone in his opinion."

"It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes."

"I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge."

"O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!"