Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person.

The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories.

As I watch, the sky fills with clouds of snow feathers from every kind of bird there ever was and even some that only exist in the imagination, like the bluebirds that fly over the rainbow.

If they would all sleep all the time she wouldn't mind being their mother.

If people believed in eternal damnation they might not be seizing the day quite so much.

Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.

The past is what you take with you.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve.

In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.

To be diligent means to be serious and devoted to the work of God

When I try to write in English, I feel like a bird without wings still trying to fly.

Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.

I'm not a nest-egg person.

I've always wanted to write energetic, atypical sentences, i.e., sentences that were not normal or bland.

Collaboration is multiplication.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

This is how philosophers should salute each other: ‘Take your time.

Every day after work, my mom and I go shopping. My dad is about to kill me. I say, We need it, daddy!

I always wanted to travel around and see lots of America, I'd never been to Boston, I'd never been to San Francisco even, so I'm quite excited to just go the places.