I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.

Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.

I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.

No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.

Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.

I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people, the scene: they just don’t seem real to me.

But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?

The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time.

When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.

Make it your goal to employ the sweet speech that marks you as a wife after God's own heart.

If you can't see past my name, you can't see me.

They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix. p303

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

Olivia responded with confidence, “You’re the military. You’re in charge. Why would I be scared?

I believe in the power of journalism. To make informed decisions, you have to have an understanding of the dynamics of a situation. And journalism does bridge gaps and creates dialogue.

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

The reason some men fear older women is they fear their own mortality.

A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.

Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up.