Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

The bad thing about falling into pieces is that it hurts. The good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards you've got nothing left to protect, and so have no reason not to be honest

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

To me, it's a great day every time I receive a letter from somebody who climbed inside one of my books, inhabited it for a while, learned a little something, and emerged grateful.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

Music is just a word for something we love largely because it consists of things that words can't express. Likewise, the heart is just a word for something in us that music sometimes touches.

... the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.

The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.

…what else do we have to ensure our sanity except our love for something beyond ourselves―our love for our families, our love for our fatherland?

Few things have more impact than nutrition on a child's ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.

At school where you a dunce or a teacher's pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.

We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going.

I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done.

There is no problem that cannot be solved.

In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

I've always been interested in themes of memory, paranoia, and revenge.

Don't follow it blindly into every dark alley. Always remember that you are not a model or a mannequin for which the fashion is created.