Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.

We are not a nation that says 'don't ask, don't tell.' We are a nation that says 'out of many, we are one.'

I want my whole life lined with a topical anesthetic.

I'm not lost,I'm just in between places I recognize.

Men to whom God is dead worship one another.

Lo, sleep is good, better is death--in sooth The best of all were never to be born.

Even though it was a stressful time in my life, I have a lot of good memories from my Idol experience.

Clinton was very early on aware of the problem of international terrorism.

I will strive to make this not the highest-spending country in the world, but instead the lowest taxing o-ne.