Ladies first." "Why is it men only say that when it's something horrible or dangerous?

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 challenge is to draw on the past but not be bound by it" p. 20

Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.

I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life.

Lack of judgement doesn't mean that you don't see what is or is not. It simply means that you realize that everyone is constantly changing - everyone is made up of conscioussness.

Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request.

Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan--that is the rule.

That's why you have to save the dying man. Because you want him around to keep saving you.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.