Remember, the enemy's gate is down.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

Beyond the curve of his days he glimpsed neither superhuman happiness nor eternity--happiness was human, eternity ordinary.

To love you fully is to love you in every way possible, even in the smallest, most inconspicuous ways that will eventually all lead back to you.

Research is creating new knowledge.

I see my finished platinum print (in the viewfinder) in all its desired qualities, before my exposure.

The commitment to love always transforms, heals, and opens new avenues of creativity.

That's exactly why nature always trumps gardens. Gardens are just reality pruned of chaos. What doesn't work you rip out.

I've pushed several women in front of violent situations. My rule is save myself first.

People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write.

Eff love. Come out of the situation and look at it third person.

Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.