If I could touch anything in the world right now, it would be your heart. I want to take that piece of you and keep it with me.

Too long, much too long.

I'm your other half. (...) I'll carry your heartbeat in mine.

I am going to give you my heart now, " I whispered. "Please don't break it again.

And if sometimes, late at night in bed, I questioned whether or not I truly was insane, I told myself that it didn't matter. I was too happy to care.

I don't say this to hurt you, love." The endearment slipped out without me even thinking about it.(...)"Say it again, " he said. "Call me your love.

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

I always try to travel light.

I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget.

In this country, a smart leader is suspect. That's just the way it is. Even George Bush's father, who was a lot smarter than the son, had to sort of prove that he wasn't that bright.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer.

It was like being given a maths problem when your brain's exhausted, and you know there's some far-off solution, but you can't work up the energy even to give it a go. Something in me just gave up.

I'm incredibly focused. I think it's a blessing and a curse. I'm so driven that nothing else can stand in my way. For many years, I didn't have a personal life.

Snowman wakes before dawn.

If knowing history made you rich, librarians would be billionaires.