I like to think that it isn't weakness or evasion, but a final act of kindness, a stand against oblivion and despair.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Whenever it comes to decision making, Remember the part about having confidence.

When something isn't done, you want to do something about it.

A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach; it is philosophy without fear.

When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then

A country without a border is like a person in a house without a front door. Anybody can enter and you cannot ask anybody to leave.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

It's quiet for a while, and then Rowan says; "We could talk now. We're alone out here. No walls." "There are always walls." I say.

The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.

The Democrats really are not interested in keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists. They're interested in keeping you from being able to get guns.

Life isn't easy, life isn't fair, when you get your chance, make sure you take it.