She was always like that: grateful for life itself. Her glass was not only half full, it was gold plated with a permanent refill.

Nothing stays forgotten for long, Elly. Sometimes we simply have to remind the world that we're special and that we're still here.

Memories no matter how small or inconsequential are the pages that define us.

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on.

And I wonder what the sound of a heart breaking might be. And I think it might be quiet, unperceptively so, and not dramatic at all. Like the sound of an exhausted swallow falling gently to earth.

The choir sang and the old man sang and Drake couldn't sing, and suddenly he began to cry because of the music, because of the sound of the boys' voices, because of what they might turn into.

And they held on tight to that beautiful silent moment before words transported them to the realm of the ordinary, to the realm of the inarticulate and mundane.

Those left behind prayed constantly for peace but prayers came back with Return to Sender stamped all over them. Only the roll call of the dead grew.

Nothing stays forgotten for long, Elly. Sometimes we simply have to remind the world that we're still here.

Shut up, Arthur, ' said my mother, and he zipped his mouth shut like an infuriating child.Ginger started to laugh. Not at anything in particular, but just because Ginger was stoned.

Emotions embarassed her except when she sang. My dad said that was exactly why she sang.

Meditation is an excellent habit and tool for transformation, however your ‘practice’ should eventually evolve into your natural primary state of being.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state, and the constitution is in fact the government.

McKinty is an exciting new talent.

Her frocks are built in Paris, but she wears them with a strong English accent.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

It was from this experience came his oft-repeated belief that every man has but one destiny.

I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely.

Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.

Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.