"In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine a joke; a long joke that's continually retold in an accent too thick and strange to ever be completely understood. Life is that joke my friends. The soul is the punch line."
"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business."
"Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival."
"The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being."
"It is questionable, for that matter, whether success is an adequate response to life. Success can eliminate as many options as failure."
"We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love."