All day we've witnessed each other's crimes. You killed no one today? But how many did you leave to die?

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

It flattered her, where she was most susceptible of flattery, to think how, wound about in their hearts, however long they lived she would be woven...

I felt like I was an arrow, pulled back and ready to be launched into something big.

From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

I've lost my faith in science.

There is something very powerful about German music. That's why I chose German music with a European meaning for the day of my election.

At times it's been weird because for the first phase of my career, I've been really well-known for a character that I was so not like and a character I never anticipated doing.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.

The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.