Listen, if you choose to believe nothing else that transpires here, believe this: your body does not have a soul; your soul has a body, and souls never, ever die.

I write to breathe life back into memory.

Only the Strong is a lushly atmospheric and passionately written piece of work, bursting with colorful characters that shine on every page.

For the sake of your health and happiness, replace the loss that causes sadness with the thanks that yields gratitude.

There is something distinguished about even his failures they sink not trivially but with a certain air of majesty like a great ship its flags flying full of holes.

I believe that the Welfare State redistributes poverty and reduces income. As Karl Kraus once said of psychoanalysis, the Welfare State is the disease which it purports to cure.

Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend?

You're asking for trouble, Hannagan," he growls. "And you would be....?" Janie asks. She giggles. "Trouble.

I don't like waking up. I feel like staying in bed usually, but I can't because I've got two kids standing next to my bed, just eager to live another day.

I have a new joke today. Martha Stewart's on suicide watch. They had to unplug all of her ovens.

You can't make either life or art, you have to work in the hole in between, which is undefined. That's what makes the adventure of painting.

I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say.

I've always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is in a good position to be the one asking questions.