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We have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us there is no elsewhere.

Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have – and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning of life.

She was unquestionably gorgeous. I can think of no other word to describe a combination of plentitude, frugality, abundance, tightness. She was lavish. She was a dark unyielding largesse. She was, in short, too bloody much.

Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

I am celebrating my birthday in the traditional way—the way it all started—naked, screaming and wet.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then...I contradict myself. I am large...I contain multitudes.

Don't ask yourself what the world needs - ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem;
I whisper with my lips close to your ear,
I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you.

Murderers! Stop murdering. Everyone will die eventually. Just sit down and be patient.

The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.