If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.

Disbelief held me down inside my footsteps, making my body heavy but my heart wild.

I wanted to drown inside a woman in the feeling and drooling of the love I could give her. I wanted her pulse to crush me with its intensity. That's what I wanted. That's what I wanted myself to be.

Shadows of cloud lurked in the water, like holes the sun forgot about.

I could smell something. Fear.I could taste it now.It tasted like blood in my mouth, and I could feel it slide through me and open me up when I saw him ...

I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...

Make sure you live, ' she said. 'As decent as you can. I know you'll make mistakes, but sometimes you're meant to, okay?

When my grandchildren ask me what I did in the '42 movement [Quit India Movement] I say - "I waited for it.

When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval.

Greenwich Village... the village of low rents and high arts.

We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.

We went west willingly--because we had to.

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.

Time goes by slowly when you spend it waiting.

Do what is right, and the reward will be immediate and multitudinous. Think what is right, and your authority will grow.

We were not sent by Father in Heaven just to be born. We were sent to endure and return to Him with honor.

Before thee stands this fair Hesperides, With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touched; For death-like dragons here affright thee hard.