But a mother-son relationship is not a coequal one, is it? He is lonely with only you just as you are lonely with only him.

And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive.

The real meaning of things lies deep down and the real meaning of things is always beautiful because it is simply love.

One who has conquered every aspect of his pain except the deepest.

My mind cannot grasp forever, " she told him. "There must surely be an end somewhere. But the big question is-what it beyond the end?

Avarice is patriotic!

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

You can never tell what people have inside them until you start taking it away, one hope at a time

What does your sorrow do while you sleep? -It’s awake and waiting. And when it loses patience, it wakes me up.

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.

Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.

My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television.

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it.

I just loved being around everybody. We just found a rhythm with each other that you want to get on everything you ever do in your life.