Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small and puffy from crying. So this was what girls looked like in the morning. I had never seen one, not up close.

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

If we didn't have nightmares, we wouldn't wake up every morning chasing our dreams.

It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.

How about a kiss?”“Are you man enough to try?” she asked.

I feel like people want there to be this mystery between film and theater, but I just kind of went where I got jobs, you know?

The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them.

Life and death are the same...Leave karma to karma.

We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.

I never wanted to have to take a job because I didn't have any money.

He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has.

The authorizing committees are free to set their agency budgets, and that includes NASA.