But if love can be funny and capricious, it can also be strong enough to seem like a sign of insanity.

This is not something anyone can teach you. Heartbreak you must learn on your own.

I’m sorry, ’ I whispered. I didn’t know whether I was sympathizing with her broken heart or apologizing for a family who had had theirs broken, too.

Heartache, guilt, loss, grief, these things, too, are monsters.

Even knowing, as I do now, that grace, power, and, yes, love can hide the darkest elements of the human heart, I would do it all again.

The hours were long, but the days were short, and as much as I willed it to never come, the end of summer arrived anyway.

I think inspiration is strongest when I find a balance between observation and participation. You can’t write about what it means to dance by watching from the bleachers.

one spoonful hopeone handful wooden fireone feet soilone glass of waterone man high sky one last breath in smile

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

The clue is not to ask in a miserly way-the key is to ask in a grand manner.

Having a clear mission and making sure you know that mission and making sure that mission comes through the company is probably the most important thing you can do for both culture and values.

My real big Internet claim to fame is the fact that I was first to jailbreak the iPhone.

Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged up to the gills.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news. Alaska isn't a foreign country.

I'm dancing tango, and I'm playing golf, and I'm quite active, you know, and for my age and everything, and what I've gone through, I'm very happy.

We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all right.' His whisper tickles my cheek. 'But we are.