1957
“Today you rest. Tomorrow you begin. Let me remind you…be happy in your work.”
“In a job like yours, even when it’s finished there’s always one more thing to do.”
“That would spoil it. Too much talk always spoils it.”
“In that moment, I knew the answer to the riddle of the infinite. That existence begins and ends is man's conception, not nature's. And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears melted away, and in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something too. To God, there is no zero. I still exist.”
“There are times when suddenly you realize you are nearer the end than the beginning. And you wonder, you ask yourself, what the sum total of your life represents. What difference your being there at any time made to anything. Or if you’ve made any difference at all, really, particularly in comparison with other men's careers. I don't know if that kind of thinking is very healthy; but I must admit I've had some thoughts on those lines from time to time.”
“Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.”
“From now on, the best of everything is good enough for me.”
“Don’t we pay for the things we do wrong. When I think of all the hell I’ve put other people through. I’m paying for them all now.”
“Don't try to tell me how to live with myself. I know all about that. It's just living with other people that gets to be tough once in a while.”
“A guy’s gotta do something before anybody can love him.”