Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.

Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.

Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.

In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it.

if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away

You your own best thing, Sethe. You are.

She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.

Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.'Sethe shook her head. 'Soft as cream. Being alive was the hard part.

Outside, snow solidified itself into graceful forms. The peace of winter stars seemed permanent.

More it hurt more better it is. Can't nothing heal without pain, you know.

Do not believe anything I tell you. Do not take my advice.

Give your life a destination.

Some women nodded, others shook their heads. I would have killed myself before I let one of them move into my house. Would you Helen? Would you really?

What is your life and future worth? Ask yourself this question daily and your life will be enriched beyond measure.

The only conflict that is possible in Soviet culture is the conflict between good and best.

The night doesn't say to itself, 'Here comes a shooting star to interrupt my peace!'

C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new

The most important thing about expedition food is that there is some

I didn't know how...deep love ran, how it was in your blood, not your heart, and how that same blood pumped through your veins your whole life.

Things which don't shift and grow are dead things.