“I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.”

“Blind as I'd become, I used to wonder where You are-
These days I can't find where You're not!”

“As not expected anything
I had almost everything.”

“There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.”

“Don't you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go some place where you don't know a soul?”

“I can't think of anything I'd rather have more than somebody lovin' me.”

“I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the more I love.”

“You can't have everything… where would you put it?”

“Most of the time our discussions are political, because it's hard not to be political in this country (not like in Britain, where you can ignore the rather sedate way everything's going downhill).”

“I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book.”