But what really happened? The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.

The catholic church has a lot more money than any Colombian cartel and they leave a lot more bodies in their wake.

I remember coming home from school - I couldn't wait to get to the piano so I could play and practice.

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

Because I cannot rely on myself, I rely on Him, twenty-four hours a day.

I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.

Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing.

I have news for you, there is no Superman (it’s up to us.)

We can control our borders, we just choose not too.

To think but nobly of my grandmother: Good wombs have borne bad sons.