It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a given moment became less important.

When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'-ye'll ken it was because I didna have time.

Does it ever stop? The wanting you?" "Even when I've just left ye. I want you so much my chest feels tight and my fingers ache with wanting to touch ye again.

It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.

Torn between the impulse to stroke his head, and the urge to cave it in with a rock, I did neither.

I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.

For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he said, so softly I could barely hear him, "here in the dark, with you… I have no name.

One dictum I had learned on the battlefields of France in a far distant war: You cannot save the world, but you might save the man in front of you, if you work fast enough.

Lord, ye gave me a rare woman, and God! I loved her well.

You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me.

D'ye ken that the only time I am without pain is in your bed, Sassenach? When I take ye, when I lie in your arms-my wounds are healed, then, my scars forgotten.

He excused himself for a nap, and this day blended into his dreams like like years blended into a life, unseen but still felt, the line between memory and present always bleeding.

I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep.

Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.

One of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do.

If I ever wrote a script myself, it would be strongly emotional material.

You either play by the rules, change the rules, or get out, altogether.

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

From now on the enemy is more clever than you. From now on the enemy is stronger than you. From now on you are always about to lose.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.