She filed those moments away like precious documents, wore them smooth with memory, collected them like bits of prayers.

Cold, cold water, surrounds me now, and all I've got is your hand.

She could feel it brimming on her lips, that superstar smile, the bow shape, the teeth long and solid tombstones.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

You would be amazed what the ordinary guy knows.

It hurts how life goes on, unknowing.

Instead of studying how to make it worth men's while to buy my baskets, I studied rather how to avoid the necessity of selling them.

Money can't buy happiness but it'll sure keep a mess of grief off your front porch.

We've pretended too much in our family, Luke, and hidden far too much. I think we're all going to pay a high price for our inability to face the truth.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

If you don't find a way to do something as work that is fulfilling and enjoyable, then your life is going to be really sad.