"The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing."

"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

"I was astonished at the effect my successful landing in France had on the nations of the world. To me, it was like a match lighting a bonfire."

"It was like passing the scene of a highway accident and being relieved to learn that nobody had been seriously injured."

"Clergymen have much the same in their breeches as other men."

"The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows."

"Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest."

"Gravity. It keeps you rooted to the ground. In space, there's not any gravity. You just kind of leave your feet and go floating around. Is that what being in love is like?"

"You make me understand how wonderful it is for little lizards when they find that one special rock that's perfect for sunning themselves on. You make me lizard-happy."

"Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins."

"Passion is seldom the end of any story, for it cannot long endure if it is not soon supplemented with true affection and mutual respect."

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."