She held out her hands, cupped and holding a small plant.'The power to heal is the power to destroy, ' she said with the faintest smile.

The older a wizard grows, the more silent he becomes, like a woody vine growing over time to choke a garden path, deep and full of moss and snakes, running everywhere, impenetrable.

Gardens are made of darkness and light entwined.

Innocence crafts its own demise.

Happiness is not having what you want, it is wanting what you have.

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

All things are accomplished by the meditative act of releasing illusions and simply becoming.

The way I was parented did affect my parenting - probably in the reverse. My dad was pretty strict, and the next generation probably wants to be less strict.

Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think.

The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.

The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.

Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.

Heaven for climate, Hell for company.

Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.