It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Do you believe in love after last sight?

Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.

If you are not wrong only Pontius Pilate can crucify you.

Many people have serious academic degrees but cannot find a job, and sadly their degrees are so limited that they cannot even think about how to create a job for themselves.

Children live life as a controlled experiment.

My moms always told me, 'How long you gonna play the victim?' I can say I'm mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.

We need to invest at the local party unit and focus our energy on turn out. That's how we come back, and we can come back.

Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.

Everything that's difficult you should be able to laugh about.

While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.