Sooner or later we all lose our loved ones. We all have to suffer, every last one of us.

It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.

Apparently even the most awful tragedies, and the people they'd ruined, got a little stale after a while.

These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.

I’m only human, she told herself. There’s not enough room in my heart for everyone.

That’s why we get involved with other people, right? Not just for their bodies, but for everything else, too – their dreams and their scars and their stories.

It’s a matter of dignity, ” the Chief explained. “At a certain point, that’s all you have left.

I’ve matured. I have a much higher tolerance for boredom.

He knew for a fact that it was possible to fall and just keep falling.

Transparency means to dedicate our thoughts and efforts to non privacy rules and not to defend negative intelligence ideas or surveillance programs.

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.

The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears.

Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.

A piece of writing is only worth doing if you're a different person at the end of the process than you were at the beginning.

This is a business, and I'll deal with it when it comes. If it comes, it comes.

Worship is not a twenty minute period during a church service, but a lifestyle of relating to God in a particular way.

As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then on and off since then.

Moscow has been helping the Northern Alliance because "the Taliban was openly supported by Pakistan... until last week, Pakistani servicemen had taken part in war operations on the Taliban side.