All intimacy is rare-that's what makes it precious.

Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner.

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.

The library is every child's lighthouse. It is every person's sanctuary. It is every town and county's fortress in the face of ignorance, intrusion and bad behavior.

Some people are your family no matter when you find them, and some people are not, even if you are laid, still wet and crumpled, in their arms.

Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.

Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things.

Be real and unashamed. Even of your faults.

Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.

There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar.

Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.

Harnessing change is the most valuable tool available for creating the reality that you clearly desire.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

God's grace is seed of salvation.

Out of ten people that desire a girl, five people are actually willing to do something to win her heart and from this five, one already has the girl while the other has to fight to win her heart.

We can make sure that people who don't have health insurance can buy into an insurance pool that gives them better bargaining power.

History is a tragegy, not a morality tale.

By believing in his dreams, man turns them into reality.

There is no way forward without ending the occupation.

I was marrying someone I loved because I didn't want to lose them; I didn't see anything wrong with that.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.