He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones.

It is neither poor handling nor the weather that turns the pages of a book a fine sepia. It is the reader's imagination.

Ms Rainn, when was the last time you visited a library for the books and not the free Internet it offers?

She lost touch with reality and was dragged into her imagination.

When the imagination takes over, the second hand could be the hour hand to a creator of stories.

The imagination is a wild and dangerous forest that is impossible to know the full might of.

As much as I respect him, he is somewhat of an ignorant fool.

What the future held for spirit, Emily could only imagine.

What could a person like Emily do? Could she possibly satisfy both sides? Or would that only end badly?

Then an argument would ensue because they were men with different ideas.

It was nice meeting you three, and I'm sure under different circumstances it would have been a pleasure.

Alan Rittenhouse: I know you're just a reporter, but you used to be a person, right?

The easiest way to be the prettiest girl at a party is to rig the guest list.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Firing is always difficult. The right way: one-on-one. The wrong way: snickering in front of other people, or via email.

There were other auto manufacturers that were confabulating as much as [Buckminster Fuller] was, making claims about how cars resembled this or that aspect of nature.

the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.

I used to draw and illustrate, but I don't do that anymore because I just like to write. I like to leave the illustrations to actual professional illustrators.

Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot.

When you find yourself ready to complain about what you don't have, stop for a moment to consider what incredible things you do have. And resolve to make the most of it all.

Easy short-term choices lead to difficult long-term consequences meanwhile difficult short-term choices lead to easy long-term consequences.