“Nothing … nothing in the universe, is of any importance, or is authentic to any serious sense, except the illusions of romance.”

“Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman”

“In a way it made no difference, since nothing is permanent except our illusions.”

“Friendship is love as much as any romance. And like any love, it’s difficult and treacherous and confusing. But in the moment when your knees touch, there’s nothing else you could ever want.”

“Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.”

“The man talked, but somehow nothing he said seemed to make any sense.”

“I stress that the universe is made mostly of nothing, that something is the exception.”

“I have learned much in two thousand years, but nothing about any gods, except that they too, arise, change, age, and die. Whatever there is beyond the universe, if anything, I doubt it concerns itself with us.”

“There is nothing serious in civil life except good and evil, vice and virtue. Everything else in it should be a game.”

“You will learn nothing of importance from this story except, perhaps, how to die; but then, you were born knowing that and in any case it only has to be done once. It is easy: ask anyone who has done it.”