A lot of really big trees had died to make that desk. His mother had probably gnawed them down, used her nails to saw the boards, and finished the decorative cutwork with her tongue.

Broaden your horizons. They're the only ones you'll ever have, so make the suckers as wide as possible.

His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action.

Feel no guilt. Getting married and giving birth does not mean that you have sold your life away to perfectly healthy people who can get their own damn socks.

If you can't be a good example, then be a terrible warning.

Your cat just got cat hair on me.” “It’s only fair,” Min said. “Your suit just got expensive suit lint on him.

I like my afterglow with you in motion. I measure time by how your body sways.

Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Once you know the truth, it's always obvious

That furniture cost me a fortune! It's designer furniture." "Designed by whom ? Darth Vader ? The Hitler Youth ?

Trying to seduce Alec at all was a waste of time; he came preseduced anyway. Like a microwave entrée. You pressed his buttons, and he got hot.

People having a victim complex invite someone to tease them into their lives though they could have mutually beneficial relationships

What you think of me does not change who I am.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death.

The more equally attractive two alternatives seem, the harder it can be to choose between them - no matter that, to the same degree, the choice can only matter less.

Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.

I tried to make some difference, and I think I managed to do that.

Life whispers to you all the time...from the time you wake up in the morning and with every single experience.

I was a normal kid. I rebelled. But I've never been a liberal. And there have been all kinds of efforts to make me one. I've not bothered to tell any of these stories. Folks, we all face them.

It was just the best thing in my life, to come to Minnesota.