If he would see me again, I would die happy. In the meantime, I was merely dying.

For the first time in ages I felt a tiny pinprick in my heart--not like it was breaking, but like something small and unseen had begun sewing it closed again.

What better time to be kind to a beautiful stranger than when she’s weak, and rocking a schnoz like the Godfather?

I want you to say it, so I know you'll never forget. I want to hear you say my name.

Happier than a bird with a french fry.

You're too young to be so old.

It felt terrific. It felt deeper and richer than laughter. It felt like opening a door and tumbling headfirst into a pile of feathers.

Oh, Troy? He’s no one. He wanted something more from me than I could give.”“Friends with benefits?” Laurie asked, blushing as he said it.“More like frenemies with benefits.

You're not a nuthatch, Laurie.""Oh, but I am. I'm totally upside down. I'm a very backward kind of guy.

Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.

For a moment, I felt like myself again. Not the new me, not the old me, just the real me.

Life is about pursuing the essence of creation

People are looking for chimes and resonances. Chimes leave echoes, and that's what rhyme is. Poetry is about leaving an echo imprint in somebody else's head, in the dark snow of their mind.

I run a business. People want to work for less money, I pay them less money. ... Women shouldn’t be so grateful. Know what you’re worth. Walk away.

Our minds can be kept free of anxiety as we dump the load of our cares on the Lord in prayer.

Well, I think I've had a fairly meandering career.

Stahr's eyes and Kathleen's met and tangled. For an instant they made love as no one ever dares to do after. Their glance was slower than an embrace, more urgent than a call.

A technique I developed quite naturally to help me make smooth transitions was to use a word or phrase from the next routine in the preceding one.

We need to build computers for the masses, not the classes.

Listen to the unstruck sounds, and what sifts through that music.

All these nice people saying I'm going to be world champion won't make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.