She hated the way roses smelled, their sweetness too fragile. She wanted a garden of evergreens. A garden of stones. A garden of swords.

He asked her for coffee, but she wanted tea instead.

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.

He can feel them, reaching out for the child, groping their way to its purity…

When I am anxious it is because I am living in the future. When I am depressed it is because I am living in the past.

... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?

In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being.

Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes sense: the happiness of one becomes the joy of all.

Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.