"Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself."

"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."

"The 'highest' states of mind held up before mankind by christianity as of supreme value, are actually forms of convulsive epilepsy."

"Maturity consists in having rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play."

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

"He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser."

"'Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city."

"I'm a controversial figure: my friends either dislike me or hate me."

"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatredtherewith."

"Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey."

"Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you."

"Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow."