Shakespeare brings us to know ourselves. Dante, with his dissection of all others, bids us to know one another.

I prefer the society of one faithful person to an association of rapid talkers, who more than anything else seek admiration from one another.

Remember that there are two things in this life that are never worth crying about: what can be cured and what cannot be cured.

Strangers talking over piles of books do not remain strangers for long.

Imagine! It is the real power of a book--not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the pages in, makes it part of himself. That is the definition of literature.

Romance is not an idea, but a moment. An unspoken glance when someone looks into your eyes and knows exactly who you are, what you need.

Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?

Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.

He was outwardly calm but inwardly bleeding to death.

...and luckily I have enough in my head to balance what is wanting in my back.

Though a woman tempted man to eat, my dear Longfellow," said Holmes, "you never hear of Eve having to do with his drinking, for he took to that of his own notion.

We share the gospel with others because we believe the gospel is not just about heaven, but about having life even here on earth.

'Style Strategy' is about shopping smart, staying chic and making it all last. It's about showing women how to shop for value without compromising style.

Ego-centeredness is not individuality at all.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him.

But no one is easier to delude than a parent; they see only what they wish to see.

We all carry our mothers inside us.

I think we're much more comfortable with women as policy makers.We're not there yet, but the comfort zone is much wider than it was when I came.

I can't see the future, but it's grim. The depletion of resources - we're living in this dine-and-dash economy.

I'm a guy who works very hard and if I want something bad enough, I'm going to do anything possible to get it.