Don't throw away luck on little stuff. Save it up.

Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to.

I was a coward. I went to the war.

I survived, but it's not a happy ending.

They would repair the leaks in their eyes.

I hated him for making me stop hating him

What stories can do, I guess, is make things present.I can look at things I never looked at. I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. I can be brave. I can make myself feel again.

Zapped while zipping.

But I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, like you're in a forest and everything's really quiet, except there's still this sound you can't hear.

Stories can save us.

Stories are for joining the past to the future.

Useless to tell myself that a dreamand the memory of yesterday are the same thing

If you want to write, write. It’s as simple as that.

Never judge a book by its "spine".

I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.

Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right

I have three women in the house. I get to be wrong three times a day.

The words that matter always stay.

I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

No, no," Mr. Darling always said, "I am responsible for it all. I, George Darling, did it. MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA." He had had a classical education.