It was pretty obvious Lena wanted to be asked. Another mysterious thing about girls- they want to be asked to stuff even if they don't want to go.

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 Buddha promised release from something we all understand: suffering. By contrast, no one can say what was the original sin, and no one understands how the suffering of Christ can redeem it.

Relatable escapism can only be achieved using facets of the real world.

Emotional states change like the wind, and to indulge them only gives them more power over a person.

THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A PERSON IN SEEN WHEN HE/SHE IS ALONE...

The corrupt system made the ordinary citizen absolutely powerless and without rights

The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

You have been second always. Tragical? No. You preferred it to the usual thing: One dull man, dulling and uxorious, One average mind- with one thought less, each year.

The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God.

I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.

Children are very wise intuitively; they know who loves them most, and who only pretends.