"The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure."

"Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food."

"Most religions do not make men better, only warier."

"Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you."

"I always think family get-togethers when everybody just sort of crashes out are pretty much the best. If it's more than a few days it gets hard, but for just a few days, it's the most amazing thing ever."

"You don't realize how hard it is to live on your own. But there's no mom to do your laundry, and make you dinner and to do things for you, and you don't think about little things like buying paper towels and salt."

"To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain."

"One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements."