She knows she is in Chicago. But she does not yet realize that she is in Illinois.

Sometimes the grief was nearby, waiting, just barely held back, and I could ignore it for a while. But at other times it was like a cup that was always full and kept spilling over.

Once she was gone, every memory was suddenly precious, even the bad ones, even the times I was irritated with her, or she was irritated with me. Then it seemed a luxury to be irritated.

If they finally move, is it because they are warm enough, or is it that they are stiff, or bored?

They do sometimes protest...At these times, she sounds authoritative. But she has no authority.

The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books

I'd rather be lucky than good.

Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing

You are only as good as your team.

All my makeup tricks are from modeling jobs! It's my favorite part of the job - learning new tricks!

Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.

I'm not building a game. I'm building a new country.

The time for the destruction of the world and its people hath arrived.

I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.

the child unlucky in his little State, Some hearth where freedom is excluded, A hive whose honey is fear and worry, Feels calmer now and somehow assured of escape