If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events.

Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.

And even if they don't find what they're looking for, isn't it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?

What business does memory have with time?

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.

A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.

If you don’t want to just live an ordinary life, then you will have to be intentional about converting all your time into that which you have been called to do.

The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.

A rumbling volcano is like a pimple.You know that they're both going to explode, but you just don't know when.

Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.

I do not need to love you to prove that I love myself!!

I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.

One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.

Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.

The Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion.

The beauty of America is that the average person always thinks she is above average.