Nu mai trăim un prezent placid, ci suntem prinși cu toții în efortul de a ne pregăti permanent pentru viitor.

În clipa când ți se impune să nu te gândești la un lucru, te vei gândi doar la el, obsesiv. Interdicția devine obligație.

Being denied their original birth certificates isn't just a problem for adoptees. It's a social problem, requiring social change.

It is remarkable how much courage it takes to kiss someone, even when you are almost certain that person would very mush like to be kissed by you. Doubt will knock you from the sky every time.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.

It's quite nice to have something where you can be a bit naughty if you have a twinkle in your eye and you can get away with things a bit more and that's what 'The Choice' is about.

And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.

It's not that I want to win, it's just that I don't want to lose.

Being a conservative on campus is like bing a goat amongst the taliban. You are never safe.

There is so much wonderful stuff and so many amazing people in this world.

Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company.