So we all embark wondering what lies over the horizon, what’s around the next bend. And isn’t that, in the end, what drives us?

For every perfect little town, there's something ugly underneath. No dream without the nightmare.

Never assume you know where someone else is coming from.

Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design to environment.

If you let fear take hold, if you let it own you, your life ceases to be your own.

We leave this life the same way that we enter it, totally alone, bereft.

The box isn't all that different from life. If you go in with fear, fear is what you'll find.

The search for meaning was the cornerstone of human disquiet.

When you were a child, I didn't tell you about the evil in the world, all that lay in wait.

I cannot separate the man you are now from the boy you were then, and it's killing me. I wanted everything for you, son.I still do.

It's a troubling paradox - I have total control, but only to the extent I have control over myself.

We need help from above if we are to make progress in our journeys.

Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.

Sometimes indifference can be so erotic. I think the people who are most dismissive of you get the most of your attention.

A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.

… Her heart remained empty once more, and the procession of days all alike began again. So they were going to follow one another, like this, in line, always identical, innumerable, bringing nothing!

I was an economics major in college, and every summer after school, I would drive my car from California, from Claremont men's college at the time, to New York. And I worked on Wall Street.

Take one day at a time. Allow yourself to change.

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.

Edward's only human Bella. He's going to react like any other boy.

It is the age that forms the man, not the man that forms the age.