I thought about how many preconcieved prejudices would crumble when i trotted right along for 26 miles.

I ran the Boston Marathon out of love. I believe that love is the basis of all meaningful human endeavor. Yet it was a love that was incomplete until it was shared with others.

A man who does not question his own judgment, society, and who flourishes between deceit and bewilderment, fails his moral responsibility as a rational being.

As long as it makes you happy. For the rest of my life, I will do whatever it takes to ensure it. As my wife, you will not want for anything. What you desire, I will provide.

Life is like that. Death sweeps it away. That's what death is for. That's why they keep telling this story. It's the only story.

Whenever we feel stressed out, that's a signal that our brain is pumping out stress hormones. If sustained over months and years, those hormones can ruin our health and make us a nervous wreck.

I can't imagine going to an all-girls school. I went to a public school.

In America, we have a depleted military. It has to be helped, has to be fixed.

In Los Angeles, I feel like the ugly duckling, like I'm from Venus or something.

What the hell happened to Pluto?!

Insects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose.

Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.