Beside me the monstrumologist murmured, "I believe I am in hell, therefore I am there.

But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.

Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end.

She hated him and loved him, longed for him and loathed him, and cursed herself for feeling anything at all

We have just discovered our dear colleague butchered in a hotel room, and you wish to discuss literature?

Ah. And then you kill him.""No, " Arkwright replied patiently. "We are British. We avoid murder if we can help it.{...}

From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

Survivors of trauma may have difficulty initiating relationships ...

Girls don't dress for boys.

I don't want to believe my own hype. I want to stay hungry and stay eager and be the best that I can be.

Buddhism’s cardinal ethical principle is to avoid causing harm.

When I see the migrant workers broken bodies and eyes without hope, I want to embrace and wipe away their fears. It makes me angry and helps me to keep fighting the oppressive system.

They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing.

The peace produced by grace is a spiritual stability too deep for violence — it is unshakeable

The American public will be clear on who's most fit to be president. And that's Hillary Clinton.

I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.