In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

I'd rather be poor to my bones than be rich with your money, that is like a trigger, ready to be pulled in my face.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.

We succeed, not alone by the laborious exertions of our faculties, be they small or great, but by the regular, thoughtful and systematic exercise of them.

In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.

If we were to impose greater sanctions on economic sectors, I think we could have a significant impact on Putin.

Is not parody the eternal lot of man?

God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.

People come up with stupid ideas all the time. That's why your detergent tells you not to eat it.

Income tax filing and payment day should be moved from April 15th to November 1st so it can be close to election day. People ought to have their tax bills fresh in mind as they go to vote.