He saw the rules of life clearly for the first time and they were simple: it was a game where Death was the only winner.

Sadie gave her head an exaggerated scratch. ‘Don’t come too close if you know what’s good for you, these nits are on steroids.

It was a room full of ghosts, arranged in readiness for days that would never happen.

What one has to do usually can be done.

I allowed myself to suffer how jarringly destructive the present feels and how fragile the past.

Both chaos theory and fractal have had contacts in the past when they are both impossible to develop and in a certain sense not ready to be developed.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.

When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's news. If they aren't, that's news too.

I think garlic is absolutely critical. Lemon is absolutely critical to boost the immune system. Olive oil is absolutely critical ... just one teaspoon, it will last the whole month.

...trifling employments have rendered woman a trifler.

I believe in myself, and I've always had people behind me who believed in me. With that, you can do anything.

There is a difference between feeding someone and eating dinner with them. If every Christian at home just made room for the stranger we would end homelessness overnight.