In this city [Palermo] . . . it's the souls of the dead who bring presents to the children. . . . We go to the cemetery to ask the dead for toys.

God is connected to people

You can tell if someone really loves Books by the way they look at them, how they open and close them, how they turn the pages.

I feel sorry for you, Detective Esteban. Because I'm all out of patience, and you're all out of time. I'm sure we'll see each other again someday. In Hell. Save a seat for me.

If you want to push design into new areas, you have to work closely across the boundaries of people's trades and professions. If you know the questions to ask, you can pull out the expertise.

The truth within moves as intimacy of being.

All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.

Archaeology is the only branch of Anthropology where we kill our informants in the process of studying them.

They had me all happy, singing. It was very awkward. I think the writers are frantically planning something appropriate to honor him, but we don't know what.

Separating them were two layers of brick, a few inches of plaster, and nine years of silence.

I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.