"Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written."

"A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth."

"The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live."

"I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman."

"It's going to come true like you knew it, but it's not going to feel like you think."

"When there's a lot of light, you don't notice the dark. When there's a lot of dark you always notice the light."

"For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously."

"One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it."

"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."

"A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion."

"A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen."

"The real tradegy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature."