"Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too."

"I don't understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses."

"Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be."

"People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them."

"We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds."

"A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty."

"Men willingly believe what they wish."

"Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are."

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

"They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness."

"I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe."

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe."