By definition, though, we are family. And in difficult times-- times like these-- despite our differences, we stand together as family.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

The worth of your strength cannot be measured in wages.

A life without purpose is meaningless

Having vision is much more than just being visual.

My wife cooks. I can't cook. I can remix leftovers pretty good, though.

When it comes to the military, I don't want to discuss things. I want to let - I want to let the action take place before the talk takes place

No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent.

Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances.

That I make poetry and give pleasure - if I give pleasure - are because of you.

Transsexualism itself is a deeply moral question rather than a medicaltechnical answer.

Ideas are only as good as their execution