But the people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours by an accident of birth. Real family was heart as much as, if not more than, blood.

But there was a difference between being stuck and choosing to stay. Between being found and finding yourself.

Love doesn't come with an on-off switch. It's made of too many threads of memory and hope and heartache that weave themselves into the very core of who you are.

It doesn't matter how great your shoes are if you don't accomplish anything in them.

We've lost a lot of years, but you can't lose love. Not real love. It stays locked inside you, ready for whenever you are strong enough to find it again.

Things, and people, were always more beautiful when you were afraid to lose them.

Is there a reason you look like you want to murder me?""Not particularly. You have that effect on people.

Sometimes, though, we let ourselves get so used to being 'fine' that we lose track of how 'not fine' we are.

Ouch! What are you doing, Karl, you broke my skull!

we first need to get boys out for football and then the plan will gradually come into play

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they'd never expect it.

I can't afford to die. It would wreck my image.

If you can be a blessing to somebody else, you're sowing a seed for God to help you.

History is that which is agreed upon by mutual consent.

Certainly you will have doubts. There will be questionings and faith will return again. That is how faith is established.

The Kappamaki, a whaling research ship, was currently researching the question: How many whales can you catch in one week?

Communism is one of the options that can improve people's lives.