An act of evil is the death of wonder

And it's exactly what's wrong with the radio. It's like...anything that tries to appeal to everybody always ends up sounding so cheap.

Imagination is a place where all the important answers live.

The city glitters past us with its sharp edges, reminding us of how tiny, how weak, how totally unimportant we are.

When she cries, it is quiet, tearless, almost completely imperceptible: one more unheard prayer.

The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict.

The longer human beings exist, it seems, the less likely we are to choose to be brave.

Maybe that's why people have friends at all. Not because they like them so much but because they don't make them feel so much worse.

Beneath all of her thoughts and worries, beneath the complication of conflicting identities and needs, maybe it's as simple as loving the way some other person looks when they're sleeping.

The world of evil is only as evil as we allow it to be.

Our worlds are so momentary. We are along all our lives and then go off that way as well.

Dicing with death is one man’s cup of tea, but another man’s poison. I just didn’t fear anything.

Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.

It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.

'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.

Authentic power is the real deal. You can't inherit it, buy it, or win it. You also can't lose it. You don't need to build your body, reputation, wealth, or charisma to get it.

Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal]

Where I came from with the Twins, they were passionate about baseball. Through thick and thin, it was, 'Let's go.' It's something I have to get used to. I'm blocking it out as much as I can.

There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to.

If a book told you something when you were fifteen, it will tell you it again when you're fifty, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you're reading a whole new book.