Parenthood is the opiate of the masses.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Later she would think about how he'd snuck up on her so silently. The man was on crutches - what was he, a ninja or something?

The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.

A father gives his child nothing better than a good education

I work mornings only. I go out to lunch. Afternoons I play with the baby, walk with my husband, or shovel mail.

Love doesn't ask why, speaks from the heart, and never explains.

Revelations: A curious record of the visions of a drug addict.

We can know a lot. And still, no doubt, there are rash and wonderful ideas brewing somewhere; there are many surprises yet to come.

My position is this. If we can't protect sanctuaries, if we can't save the whales, the sharks, the fish, our oceans will die.

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

The art of achievement is the art of making life - your life - a masterpiece.