Quotes

One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with.

—Phyllis Rose, 1991

Nothing puzzles me more than time and space, and yet nothing puzzles me less, for I never think about them.

—Charles Lamb, 1810

Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.

—Laurie Colwin, 1978

Health can make money, but money cannot make health.

—Maria Edgeworth, 1833

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

—Anaïs Nin, 1950

It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.

—Horace, 19 BC

Jesters do oft prove prophets.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1605

Before the earth could become an industrial garbage can, it had first to become a research laboratory.

—Theodore Roszak, 1972

Rivalry is the whetstone of talent.

—Roman proverb

When you name yourself, you always name another.

—Bertolt Brecht, 1926

The twilight is the crack between the worlds.

—Carlos Castaneda, 1968

I look for the end of the future, but it never ceases to arrive.

—Zhuangzi, c. 325 BC

The only function of a school is to make self-education easier.

—Isaac Asimov, 1974

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