Books showed me that there were other ways to live a life.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

You set fire to my house, killed my family, and ate my dog. But steal my boyfriend? That's a step too far.

I am the dust and dirt from which this earth grows.

I'm a huge animal lover - I love animals to death. I've got tortoises and three dogs, and I've had a million animals in the past. I just think that we should do all we can to take care of them.

When we spend time in silence, we can hear the voice of our soul whispering its sacred message and encouraging us to make choices that bring us more happiness, health, love, meaning, and peace.

It's a mining town in lotus land.

Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.

Douglas: You really got to stop doing that. Isabel: Doing what? Douglas: Getting prettier everyday.

I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it's almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time.

Recovery challenges everything we 'knew to be true'.

Prosperity this Winter is going to be enjoyed by everybody that is fortunate enough to get into the poor farm.