Could it be that simple? Tell one story to one generation and repeat it until it was accepted as fact?

I curled closer to May, comforted by her warmth.

You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.

Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.

It was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets.

Well, the one thing I've thought about is having dad give me away. You know when he takes your hand and he puts it in the hand of the person you marry? That's the only part I've ever wanted.

...I want it to be as easy as breathing for you to say yes.

The Angeles air was quiet, and for a while I laid still, listening to the sound of Maxon breathing.

The look in Marlee's eyes was triumphant, and the smile hiding behind her cup of tea said, 'Gotcha'!

When we died, no one would know, and that fraction of a moment that was so important to who we were would be gone.

But if it was always a point of speculation, where one person insisted it was a certain way and another denied it, how would anyone ever hold on to the truth?

When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.

The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.'

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.

Downstream is always someone else's up.

Priorities and purpose help keep us on track.

Always in all my books I'm trying to reveal or help to reveal the hidden greatness of the small, of the little, of the unknown - and the pettiness of the big.

The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

I didn't listen to executives.