“A writer once said that it is not time that changes man, nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone's mind is love. What nonsense! The person who wrote that clearly knew only one side of the coin.”

“But he had been in love once, that he knew. Once and only once, and a long time ago. And it had changed him forever. Perfect love did that to a person and this had been perfect.”

“Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not. Tom Robbins wrote that the only serious question is whether time has a beginning or an end. Camus clearly got up on the wrong side of the bed, and Robbins must have forgotten to set the alarm. There is only one serious question. And that question is: "Who knows how to make love stay?"”

“Governments don’t change things,” she said. “Only time does that.”

“What someone says or writes about me doesn't change the way I am; it only changes my opinion about that person.”

“Science is not going to change its commitment to the truth. We can only hope religion changes its commitment to nonsense.”

“I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly”

“There is no time apart from change. There is no such thing as a clock outside the network of changing relationships. …one can only compare how fast one thing is happening with the rate of some other process.”

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”

“Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.”