How easy it is to blame others for our unhappiness, but we are only unhappy when something other than Christ has become our life.

Although as a boy I had dreamed about going into space, I had completely forgotten about that until one day I received a call from an astronaut, who suggested that I should join the program.

Now that I expect nothing, now that I no longer entertain the slightest hopes, the end of this adventure becomes simply a matter of curiosity.

everybody knows that the soul of a cat is formed from the composite souls of nine debauched nuns who failed in their vows.

Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

The problem with 'the crown jewel of Chinese literature' [Dream of the Red Chamber] is that it has two thousand pages and an equal number of characters, and the hero is an effeminate ass who should have either been spanked or decapitated, both ends being equally objectionable.

Barry Hughart

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