Is revenge a circle inside of a circle inside of a circle?

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

I think doubt is a very healthy way to live.

Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.

Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.

Shuttered like a fan no-one suspects your shoulder blades of wings.

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.

A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.

You don't want to get to the end of life's journey and discover you never left the interstate.

We believe that economics does not necessarily have to be a zero-sum game; it can be a win-win proposition for everyone involved so long as they have the tools in which to succeed.

Listen to many, speak to a few.