O, my luve is like a red, red rose.

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.

All you need do, Bernie, ”she gulped her toast soaked in coffee, “is present the truth as fiction.

Writing heals the quandaries of life.

My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. I don't use it to pray before a competition. I'll just pray normally to myself, but I have it there in case.

It's important to adhere to the principles of a large group of people that truly believe these principles, and if they believe them, then that's good enough for me.

Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.

I live my life with a sense of urgency that most people cant comprehend.

The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.

I've never been lucky. The day my ship came in, I was at the airport.

That Hugh Laurie show is nothing but Scrubs fan fiction.