I had always been the kind of boy who was quick to laugh and quick to cry.

There are times in your life when, despite the steel weight of your memories and the sadness that seems to lie at your feet like a shadow, you suddenly and strangely feel perfectly okay.

The living carry us inside them like pearls. We survive only so long as they remember us.

People who read Anne Lamott, like people who read Anne Rice, believe that tragedy is romantic, but the people who read Anne Lamott believe it ironically.

There was no one alive who did not contribute his share of mystery to the world.

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.

The books you love best - those are the immensity of the sea.

She had the same responsibility as everybody else did: to live as softly as she could in the world.

Worry is a mean-faced dwarf who beats on your heart like a kettledrum.

I always try to stay as quiet as possible about a book until it's finished.

With every sentence she writes, Davis freshens the senses. Her novels achieve a tone that’s unlike anyone else’s, creating an atmosphere you don’t so much interpret as breathe.

Women do not become exhausted they only exhaust others.

The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers.

Take nine strokes off your score. Skip the last hole.

The member of Congress who forgets his constituents' needs usually serves only one term.

If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.

To perfect your nature means to let go of this world and place your attention fully in the plane of enlightenment.

You're asking me will my love grow. I don't know, I don't know. You stick around now it may show. I don't know, I don't know

I don't even think when I'm walking down the runway. I don't really breathe either.

If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him.