I was going to die and it was taking forever.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

The earth is a great piece of stupidity.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.

I know it sounds so lame, but the songs are like my children.

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.

Benny [Goodman] used to practice 15 times more than the whole band combined.

If you eliminate the junk food, you don't really run the risk of gaining weight if you've got a good workout routine.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.