"The reaction you got was the communication you intended."

“The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis.”

“That's a movie quote, right? You know, if you do that with books, people think you're intelligent." Sophie lowered her chin. "If this is your pathetic attempt to seduce me again, you're falling miserably." "I don't seduce woman." Phin shoved back his chair and stood up. "They fall into my open arms." "Clumsy of them.”

“I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse.”

“The very condition of having Friends is that we should want something else besides Friends. Where the truthful answer to the question "Do you see the same truth?" would be "I see nothing and I don't care about the truth; I only want a Friend," no Friendship can arise - though Affection of course may. There would be nothing for the Friendship to be about; and Friendship must be about something, even if it were only an enthusiasm for dominoes or white mice. Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow-travellers.”

“What's the matter? What's the antimatter? Does it antimatter?”

“The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast, Serene, and resolute, and still, And calm, and self-possessed.”

“Your inability to see yourself clearly is what's keeping you alive.”

“Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.”