Fine, large, meaningless, general terms like romance and business can always be related. They take the place of thinking, and are highly useful to optimists and lecturers.

When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism

She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-

When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.

I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.

There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.

Our souls speak a language that is beyond human understanding. A connection so rare the universe won't let us part.

ANSON: I’ll work on making it enough. And I’ll work at being enough. For you.

We're a couple of travelers!" I called up to her. "I'm Briony, and this is Ella!""Grammy said I ought not to talk to strangers!" she called back."We're not strangers!" Ella shouted. "We're with the u

When I don't write, I feel my world shrink. I lose my fire, my color.

I think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion.

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.

The things that really change the world, according to Chaos theory, are the tiny things. A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian jungle, and subsequently a storm ravages half of Europe.

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.

I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.