Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls life. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles given you by good people, by people who love you.

The opposite of the happy ending is not actually the sad ending—the sad ending is sometimes the happy ending. The opposite of the happy ending is actually the unsatisfying ending.

Wishful thinking gives false gods to people who hunger for gods, but those who yearn for a world with no gods are no less likely to fall victim to their own wishful thinking.

For he loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow.

Everyone is naked. Everyone wants to hide. But life is sweet. Let it go on.

There's no need to legalize gay marriage. I have plenty of friends who are committed couples; some of them call themselves married, some don't, but their friends treat them as married. Anybody who doesn't like it just doesn't hang out with them.

Keeping secrets was the beginning of freedom.

Computers were a kind of magery in themselves, or might as well be to people who didn't understand them, they were every bit as inscrutable.

Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.

The thing with brothers is, you're supposed to take turns being the keeper. Sometimes you get to sit down and be the brother who is kept.