Ridley was like a beautiful snake - you couldn't let her get close without the risk of being bitten.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Fail early, fail often.

A diamond is pressure's masterpiece.

By remembering how much we have to be grateful for we remind ourselves how beautifully God is already providing for our current needs.

Take any two-year-old through a car wash and their skulls are blown. FLAPS! FOAM! ROLLING THINGS! It's the closest they'll ever get to being inside a working spaceship.

Whatever made me the way I am left me hollow, empty inside, unable to feel. It doesn't seem like a big deal.

He was always the bridge, between men as well as between ideas.

As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.

Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.

It's important for me to give each thing the possibility to speak and also to allow artworks speak to each other.

When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.