I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must.Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

There are no safe choices. Only other choices.

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.

I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I've got to think.

One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip to the Alps with all the other fashionable young couples, which is a shame.

They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.

Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?

Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else.

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

I can see his pain, see it in the way he runs his fingers through his hair, over and over, and I understand what it costs him to hide it all.

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

Human nature is pretty shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.

One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.

Even the worst comic is at least somewhat entertaining, if only in a pathological way, for five minutes.

We're human beings and the sun is the sun - how can it be bad for you? I don't think anything that's natural can be bad for you.

A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.

Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.

There is nothing I want but your Presence. In friendship, time dissolves.

I'm constantly proving myself. I have to always prove myself. There are roles where I feel like, "That should have been a straight offer. Why am I having to call my people and fight for it?"

I couldn't remember what life was like before I started walking.