I knew the beginning and the end – I just had to dream up a convincing middle.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

Learn to say 'No' it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.

The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night stands or "reads" for them.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

If we could be heroes, if just for one day.

I think that we do have a great country, but there's a lot of things that we're not so great at. Unfortunately, education is one of them.

I could stay here forever." "But you won't." "Maybe I will.

As a speculator you must embrace disorder and chaos.

We often need to be refreshed.

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It's not that important.