Because if I fell any deeper for the way his eyes crinkled with his smile or his habit of tapping on his nose to emphasize a point, my ship would be sunk.

What bothered me the most was the hesitation in his voice when he said that— like he was running out of time.

If you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word of the day was “tense.

The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea. I always chose the sea.

He looked so frustrated and perfectly serious, and yet here we were talking about his missing seal pelt.

We’d never talked about his parents, like he was some underwater Peter Pan.

From the way his face lit with curiosity to the slight tilt of his jaw, even the lingering scent of brine and breeze gave him away.

The tides rolled up to crash against the shore while we sat feet from one another with the remnants of all we’d left unsaid driving us apart.

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.

If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?

The substance, the essence, the Spirit is freedom.

Never was a person more mortified than I was at this time, to see so fair an opportunity to push a victory; Detroit lost for want of a few men.

Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.

If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?

In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

[I like] nothing that screams I'm a celebrity. I like simple styles.