Fate is nothing but the past in the future. It is only an excuse for inaction.

Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.

Or, if you decide you want to sleep at my place, on opposite sides of my bedroom with a Do Not Cross line drawn down the middle, I'll do it. I won't like it, but I'll do it.

It is not possible to be honest in the here and now when you continue to discount and minimize your childhood experiences.

I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.

The diminution of the reality of class, however socially desirable in many respects, seems to have the practical effect of diminishing our ability to see people in their difference and specialness.

I think so,” she [Claire] said. “Just watch your back, okay?” “Nah, Michael’s got mine.” He [Shane] looked straight into her eyes. “I’ve got yours.

Confidence is the public face of competence.

A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun.

In brief, sir, study what you most affect.