A book's flaws make it less predictable.

She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.

The phoenix must burn to emerge.

I know it feels like you have all these options and when you make a decision, you lose a world of possibilities. But the reality is, until you make a decision, you have nothing at all.

Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.

Their love as a dragonfly, skimming over echo park, stoppin to visit the lotus. Eating dreams and drinking blue sky.

How right that the body changed over time, becoming a gallery of scars, a canvas of experience, a testament to life and one's capacity to endure it.

It's such a liability to love another person.

Find someone who will tremble for your touch, someone whose fingers are a poem.

Memory is the fourth dimension to any landscape.

Beauty was empty as a gourd, vain as a parakeet. But it had power. It smelled of musk and oranges and made you close your eyes in a prayer.

He was a man's man: an expert on the golf course, a force to be dealt with in business, and a Texan through and through--and proud of it.

The saddest day hath gleams of light The darkest wave hath bright foam beneath it The twinkles o'er the cloudiest night Some solitary star to cheer it.

I don't think success is harmful as so many people say. Rather I believe it indispensible to talent: if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

Anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred are the real troublemakers, with them problems cannot be solved.

I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s.

You know," Elijah raised a hand to shake a finger at her, "you have an attitude problem." "I certainly do. Your attitude is a huge problem for me.

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.

Common Lisp is politics, not art.

You have to just forget about the ball and swing the club. It's hard to see if you don't hit the green.

Im either running from life or im just waiting to die im the supplier or fire if you chasing a high.