So we came to say hello. To the world’s grouchiest person. Because that’s such fun.

That was how people got through life, he supposed: by acknowledging death and telling it, “Not today.

But the thought of New Zealand instantly sent her mind to Watson, the possibly-Australian, possibly-Kiwi, definitely paranormal young fellow with videos of dead guys on his phone.

And he had a dog, a nice dog. He couldn’t be too evil or dangerous if he had such a great dog.

Eventually the real world intruded again, and Sophie had to return to campus—woefully behind on homework, but incandescently in love.

Did I mention really, really jealous.

Being around her now was nine parts bliss and one part torment. And he wanted it to last as long as possible.

You can't be Great if you can't blaze the trail

Don't mistake determination for desperation. Someone who is persistent will stop at nothing to get their way.

The family trees of all of us, of whatever origin or trait, must meet and merge into one genetic tree of all humanity by the time they have spread into our ancestries for about 50 generations.

I am still fully committed to male-female equality.

I feel like I'm getting to be a better driver every day.

Pity the Party without enough woman power - there will always be dreamers and leaders, but the dreams won't come true, nor will the leaders reach their goal, without the ready doers.

I couldn't help but wonder if that was what love was -- believing that someone was going to come through, in the end, and that it would still count

The uncouth hordes of common men are not fit to recognize duly the merits of those who eclipse their own wretchedness.

Everybody underestimated the universality of the concept of a nightmare or a bad dream.

I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.