All he could do was wait like this, patiently, until it grew light out and the birds awoke and began their day. All he could do was trust in the birds, in all the birds, with their wings and beaks.

I need to learn not just to forget but to forgive.

Like dry ground welcoming the rain, he let the solitude, silence, and loneliness soak in.

You will not be able to effectively utilize your inherited wealth if you do not work diligently

Nobody is really an expert, as we are all still learning.

Learn to see past the flaws and you will understand the perfection of the Universe.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

When people are like, 'College! Oh my God! Ultimate freedom!' I didn't feel that way. My roommates were loving hitting the town, but I wasn't as psyched about going to the frats.

I'm married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain.

Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter.

At Cambridge, you have to kiss the vice-chancellor's fingers. But I missed out on that, 'cause I was doing a matinee. I don't want to kiss a strange man's fingers anyway.

Sharon has subverted the whole process by turning it into something sequential and conditional and, of course, by making himself the interpreter of the road map.

Robinson did not merely play at center stage. He was center stage; and wherever he walked, center stage moved with him.