A wrongdoing doesn't give us the right to do wrong.

I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.

I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness.

Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.

Andrius, I'm...scared." He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear.

He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot. We were about to become cigarettes.

Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.

Decisions, they shape our destiny.

Some things just won’t go away, no matter how hard you scrub.

What do you do with all this bank, Josie? Be a lot easier if you just lifted your skirt.” “The only reason I’d lift my skirt is to pull out my pistol and plug you in the head.

Tragedy was a big social event, and everyone wanted in on it.

Spiritual joy is what you experience when you choose to give thanks to God no matter what happens—even when things go wrong.

If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Wisdom is the ability to use divine reaction to solve human problems.

I don't duck or dodge anybody.

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than nineteen years of dealing with him across the desk.

The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind; "they will both fall into the ditch.

I've often wanted to play the victim, or somebody who makes terrible choices. I would love to play the alcoholic mother who horribly lets down her children. That's a great morally imperiled role.

The scientific world is to be less threatening than was feared. It is to made safe for human beings. And the way to make it safe is to reflect on the foundation of knowledge.

I get to be goofy and quirky and sweet at the same time.