"We are born astride of a grave, and a difficult birth at that. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave-digger puts on the forceps."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

"Nothing is funnier than unhappiness."

"The light always goes out in the end."

"Dance till the stars come down from the rafters; dance, dance, dance till you drop."