All things are plotting to make us whole / All things conspire to make us one.

But it is never over; nothing ends until we want it to. Look, in shattered midnights, On black ice under silver trees, We are still dancing, dancing.

Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They want to protect her but she must be a survivor. And she must come...like a train...but with...elegance.

Death is the ultimate negative.

To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.

War creates peace like hate creates love.

I think so much depends on how you are feeling mentally and emotionally. I try to keep my head on tight, and try to feel good, and just go out there and not be afraid.

Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.

The audience bursts into laughter. With the tragic gag I don't expect the audience to laugh (if they do, I have failed) but I expect a black silence from them that is almost as violent: as laughter.

I'm a compassionate conservative.

Only now do I understand the war against boredom, the lost cause of empty hours, of empty days and nights.

The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.