Chess is a fathead and feudal game.

The idea occurred to him when he was twenty. At first it was only a vague idea, a question looming — what should I do? — with an answer taking shape: nothing.

Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organizing them in certain ways

Question your tea spoons.

At times like this, Eryn didn't feel like they were just twins. They were teammates. They were partners. They were two halves of the same brain.

I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

When there is nothing, there is the possibility of everything.

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air

Those struggling with life-threatening thoughts do not feel connected to others. They feel all alone- even alone in the midst of a crowd.

I tell ya, I was an ugly kid. I was so ugly that my dad kept the kid's picture that came with the wallet he bought.

The word is the making of the world

The amount of water on the planet does not change, only its quality.

Golf. Trying to knock a tiny ball into an even smaller hole with implements ill suited to the purpose.