A thousand moments lost because you took them for granted, just because you expected a thousand more.

Knowledge is knowing the depth of the ocean. Wisdom is knowing till where to swim.

Some people make a difference, some people make you different.

Pause while reading a book only in case of two things:1. To kiss2. To sip coffeeToo bad both are a luxury.

I wish that the last breath of your life is a sigh of relief.

The most overpowering will is the will to not work.

As we grow up, nothing changes more than the definition of loss.

That feeling when you know you're being fought for.

If he's not real, you'll know. Men have never washed a rented car.

A tank full of life and a running tap.

If the wealth you've accumulated is in the form of friends, family and books, then you're doing life right.

The Highest Holy Heavens!

It's not that people are mean to each other

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

I don't have any tricky plays. I'd rather have tricky players.

Maybe television causes cancer, Garp thinks; but his real irritation is a writer's irritation: he knows that wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.

When a woman has the opportunity to speak truth to power, it's important that she does, even if it's just trying to get a crosswalk in her neighborhood. That's how social change happens!

Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.

It is not easy to measure the ocean, but we can be measured by it, confront it, and be in it.

What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell on Afghanistan.