Friedrich Nietzsche

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.

I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out.

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.