I liked her better for showing a little spirit.

She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.

I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

I've never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.

Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Why do I always forget that traffic is a social affair?

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

He's helped me a lot over the years." "I'm sure he has. You scratch his back. He scratches yours." "I have skin allergies. I'm itchy.

Detroit's so bad this year they might lose their bye week.

This must be a gift book. That is to say a book, which you wouldn't take on any other terms.

In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.

Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped.

Those men that in their writings are most wise Own nothing but their blind, stupefied hearts.