Intelligence is being intelligent enough to know you're not so intelligent as you intelligently once thought.

Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it!

Don't bite off more than you can chew because nobody looks attractive spitting it back out.

The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.

The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance.

Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.

I strive for perfection - I settle for satisfaction

Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.

A sin is nothing more than regret. Not for doing it once, but doing it again when you know you’re going to regret it.

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that.

Yes, Max, you are going to die. Just like everybody else.Thank you, Confucious.

Distress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss itself.

People like you don’t go mad, Vi. They’re quiet on the outside and loud on the inside and sane as the day is long

Hold on to your dream. Don't let the people shake you from your dream.

The truthful man ends up realizing that he always lies.

If you read only one memoir by a disaffected, urban, 20-something Jewish girl this year, make it this one. Shukert rocks the lulav.

As horrific as this impact has been on my constituents, it is only a small part of the overwhelming destruction covering 90,000 square miles of the Gulf Coast.

Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.

With care and protection, with safe havens in the ocean, there is still a good chance that we can turn things around.

And I identify too closely with my reading, with my writing.