That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.

there isn't enough of anything as long as we live. But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance prevails.

Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising.

Write about what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?

And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.

I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.

It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.

The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places.

Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from.

But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window--maybe rearrange all the furniture.

He wondered if she wondered if he were watching her.

The media will mess your way of thinking up, don't take they word for nothing do your on research.

You can always tell a real friend when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

In this country, a smart leader is suspect. That's just the way it is. Even George Bush's father, who was a lot smarter than the son, had to sort of prove that he wasn't that bright.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

A pragmatist is concerned with results, not reality.

I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.

Whoever can lift a rifle, should have one.

I always played the ugly sister instead of Cinderella or the Wicked Witch. But those are the parts I love, and actually, to be a character actress, you have more longevity, hopefully.

I just believe in whatever you're going to do, even if it's work, have a little bit of fun attitude about it. You can be happy.

Zero defects is a super highway going down the tube.