Sometimes people get taken away from you whether you want it or not. And sometimes that hurts so much, it might be easier to forget.

Little James Herondale, age two, was in fact holding a dagger quite well. He stabbed it into a sofa cushion, sending out a burst of feathers. "Ducks, " he said, pointing at the feathers.

When you experience the clarity that comes when you choose trust and love, you can see other people accurately – as the same as you.

In a valley betwixt two hills there I stood perfectly still. In this stance I did find the most beautiful secrets of my mind

Thine own friend and thy father's friend forsake not.

Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.

When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

It's unimaginable to me that I wouldn't write, but it's very imaginable that I won't write for a little while.

America has only 100 Senators for 309 million people, but Stormont has 108 members for 1.7 million.

Everybody that's living in this earth is living in a situation. It's not narrow-minded to the point where everybody is serious and nobody has a personality. I think people die telling jokes.

Agreement is brought about by changing people's minds - other people's.

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.