"Language is a city, to the building..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”

“The virtue in most request is conformity.”

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.”

“Do you know what you're saying when you say, "Whatever"? It's just a code word for the f-word, followed by "you." And at your age, you never, ever. say that to anyone.' " Blaze leaned back. "So now, when someone says it to me, I just say, 'You too.' (72)”

“Use words that soak up life.”

“What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face. The way men usually are, it takes a name to make something visible for them.”

“A republic may be called the climate of civilization.”

“She began framing the words of her telegram into a senseless singsong; so that several park keepers looked at her with suspicion and were only brought to a favourable opinion of her sanity by noticing the pearl necklace which she wore.”

“It's all bullshit, folks and it's bad for ya.”