At each step there is a small moment of transformation that cannot be overlooked or rushed. And these moments should not be, because they are beautiful.

He's gone now. He did something terrible, but...he did good things, too. And he kept us well. And it's all right if you are sad.

This was not [him]. It was a thing, with all the [him]-ness gone from it. Death takes the person and leaves his shell behind, like a hollowed-out tree.

Someone who thinks of possessing a fountain made of a winged baby with water shooting out of its mouth must not have too many troubles.

It was a beautiful lie that they had all been telling themselves—that you could have magic without monsters.

He could still escape—the fear was in front of him, and all he had to do was wrench free and run in the other direction. But he kept walking forward, straight into its embrace.

They said words they did not mean, and their conversations seemed to follow all kinds of rules—rules that no one has ever explained to Oscar.

one has to give a great deal of oneself to animals if one is to get the best out of them.

You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.

Nothing lasts forever - except forever. That's the good news. It's a good thing that nothing lasts forever because things would get terribly boring.

James Cagney as a baby is not my ideal thing.

There's no doubt, that if you were a Clinton Foundation donor and you wanted your calls returned, I have no doubt that people got their returned.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.

I was never intimidated by change. I was like an army brat who had lived all around the world.

I appreciate every team that wants me and I take on every challenge.

I'm not a consumer. I hate buying clothes. I don't have a mobile. I just don't need things. I don't like things.