Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak.

The scriptures serve as guideposts to keep us on the right path, and prayer is our helpline when we have lost our way or need to be redirected.

You have to use your mind n the NFL. Every player is smarter. Defensive backs bluff and disguise coverages to try to fool you.

But you can only lie about who you are for so long without going crazy.

Best results are often achieved well before you need a job, by consistently networking so that when you find yourself job-hunting you have a large network to work with.

This is a quantum universe ... neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene.

I know what the fear is. The fear is not for what is lost. What is lost is already in the wall. What is lost is already behind the locked doors. The fear is for what is still to be lost.

His first instinct was to help me, not sit like a deer in headlights, I now know that Matt isn't one to panic

The economic issues are most vital for us and it is of the highest importance that we should fight our biggest enemies - Poverty, unemployment.

It seems strange to me that someone thought of making marble statues.

Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.