Did I mention really, really jealous.

That was how people got through life, he supposed: by acknowledging death and telling it, “Not today.

But the thought of New Zealand instantly sent her mind to Watson, the possibly-Australian, possibly-Kiwi, definitely paranormal young fellow with videos of dead guys on his phone.

So we came to say hello. To the world’s grouchiest person. Because that’s such fun.

And he had a dog, a nice dog. He couldn’t be too evil or dangerous if he had such a great dog.

Eventually the real world intruded again, and Sophie had to return to campus—woefully behind on homework, but incandescently in love.

Being around her now was nine parts bliss and one part torment. And he wanted it to last as long as possible.

when will it stopthe painthat darknessthat that thatthat part of methat was or Y-O-U!why can't you fill itwhy did u leavewhy why why?love hurtsbut so does life

No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil

There are a lot of things that we could do to minimize what we're doing, but we're not getting back those frogs that I saw that no longer exist.

I like it when actors depart from the script to find their characters.

I'm excited about the old songs. That's a nice place to be after grinding out the music business for twenty years.

As a minister, you shouldn't imagine you know better than the technical experts in your ministry. In the end you're there to apply the political stamp of approval.

Political stability was at most a factor in assessing developing countries or Russia. It is now also an issue in Western democracies.

But even in the schoolyard I'd been aware of that silence, that reserve in him, as though he'd been raised by foxes and language was his second language.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.