I hated him for making me stop hating him

Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to.

I was a coward. I went to the war.

I survived, but it's not a happy ending.

They would repair the leaks in their eyes.

What stories can do, I guess, is make things present.I can look at things I never looked at. I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. I can be brave. I can make myself feel again.

Zapped while zipping.

But I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, like you're in a forest and everything's really quiet, except there's still this sound you can't hear.

Stories can save us.

Stories are for joining the past to the future.

What stories can do, I guess, is make things present.

Recognising our own mistakes helps us to empathise non-judgementally with others and helps enable us to understand their issues.

Nobody special had come around to replace Duane, and she was moping, going to bed alone every night with a box of Velveeta and a fork.

When we feel weak, we drop our heads on the shoulders of others. Don't get mad when someone does that. Be honored. For that person trusted you enough to, even if subtly, ask you for help.

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman.

All the time travelling in the world can’t make someone love you.

Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away.

Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can.

You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.

Iraq is a small but very proud nation.