Small steps to the madhouse still get us there at last

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

A hero is a matter of perspective. The only sure thing in war is casualties. Ideology, patriotism and religious zeal all fuel heroic notions.

Gage opens the door. I’m not sure whether he gets out or Logan yanks him into the street, but a fight erupts. Full throttle kicks to the balls

It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.

If you are going to be with someone all the time, they need to be your best friend.

Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.

Our contemporary life is based on information that can change at any time.

We next consider the rule that the investor does or should consider expected return a desirable thing and variance of return an undesirable thing.

There are 43 million people who are locked into predatory student loan debt, from which there is no exit.

The people who ask me for my autograph are the people who've put me here today, and you can't afford to forget that.

'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.