Parenthood makes such sweet hypocrites of us all.

If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events.

Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.

And even if they don't find what they're looking for, isn't it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?

What business does memory have with time?

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.

You never know the hurt others endure in this world behind the closed windows of their life, or the joy a simple act of kindness can bring.

Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.

Aggressiveness is not the main trouble with the human species, but rather an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.

If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much as you cherish yourself.

Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.

But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.

People keep asking me if I am having more fun, being blonde, but I always have fun! Whether I'm blonde, redhead, or brunette! I always have fun.

I grow spiritually when I accept responsibility for my life.

You get a feeling on certain trails, when you're reacting like you and your machine are just one thing. It's the feeling of physical exertion and speed and technique all wrapped into one.

Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.