It smelled like aging wood and creosote, plastic book covers, and old paper. Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself.

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.

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.

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

The road ahead is not some predetermined path that I am forced to trod, but it is a rich byway that I can help create.

The 2 Perfect Recipes for Rearing & Raising Godly Children are: Stay On Your Knees for Direction & Stand On Your feet as an Example,

Love is love, wherever you may find it—even when it's covered in feathers.

Nobody knew exactly how the zombification process worked, and there were as many different strains as theories.

Always being there was the essential secret for a wife.

You don't measure your maturity by comparing yourself with others. You judge maturity by comparing yourself to Jesus.

Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and great each other.

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws

I've experienced the tabloids when I had anorexia.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.