“To conceive a thought — just one, but one that would tear the universe to pieces.”

“Strength is the ability to break up a solid piece of chocolate—and then eat just one of the pieces.”

“But the universe wasn't really unfair, she thought, and her mouth quirked. It just didn't give much of a damn one way or the other.”

“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”

“to have solely one thought, but it to be capable to destroy the universe.”

“Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.”

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.”

“Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.”

“Being an immortal doesn’t matter to me. If one looks out into the universe and perceives what true immortality would mean in terms of time and space, it takes monstrous hubris to even conceive of personal immortality, much less desire it.”

“There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens to provide better care than the one that was finally passed.”