His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should.

Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.

Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

The older I get, the more I lose my ability to breathe.

A photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your own moment.

The words that matter always stay.

motif, n. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.

Kayleigh was right. Without the pills, you really do feel nothing.And nothing can be nice.

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.

No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game.

I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as work days.

Everywhere I look, I see the possibilities of what America could be. But we can't solve any of these problems by relying on the politicians who created them.

You know, most people really don't know me.

Proteins are the machinery of living tissue that builds the structures and carries out the chemical reactions necessary for life.

I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night.

The longer the meeting, the less is accomplished.