Reckless action is worse than wise restraint.

These moments were wondrous and divine, instances when the gossamer curtain between heaven and earth ripped and all of humanity witnessed the marvel of the ethereal beings.

That's l'amour: we willingly walk into the future blindfolded.

One is but a shade of the other.

Don't stay in a bad situation - whether it is a relationship or a job - out of fear of failure. It's not a failure to walk away and choose to be happy. It takes a lot of courage.

I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course.

But, most important, we must not become as base and treacherous as our enemies.

There are always those who would put on armour and go into battle. but the real genius is in finding a way to get what you desire without dying for it.

When the time comes, we can only expect that we have learned enough to succeed.

I started listening to the Cure around the time I discovered Joy Division and, like Joy Division, they have shaped my taste in all sorts of dark and dreary ways.

I taught myself to write in order to understand who I was and so yes, writing was an act of self-actualization in the beginning.

He wore the evidence of thinking all over his face, open and easy to read. Leah envied him that confidence to show what he was feeling.

If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.

I'm by nature kind of a glum person, but I'm not a sad pathetic

It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations.

There are some things that should not be leaked without authorization.

I call animals "guardians of Being," especially animals that live with humans. Because, for many humans, it's through their contact with animals they get in touch with that level of being.

I let everyone follow his own bent, that I may be free to follow mine.

It was psychological trick called empathic listening. You say what the person is feeling so they feel understood.

The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.

When you make a promise, keep it.