That's what I like about God. You get to know Him by His occasional absence.

There's a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we've left it.

Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told.

People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time- but even on the best day nobody's perfect.

The repeated lies become history, but they don't necessarily become the truth.

We stumble on, thinks Jaslyn, bring a little noise into the silence, find in others the ongoing of ourselves. It is almost enough.

They told me Corrigan smashed all the bones in his chest when he hit the steering wheel. I thought, Well at least in heaven his Spanish chick'll be able to reach in and grab his heart.

I'm only telling you on the truth, " he said. "If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it.

Rather he consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he might find the presence of a light, damaged and bruised, but a little light all the same.

Pain's nothing. Pains what you give, not what you get.

Nothing was simple, certainly not simplification.

Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out of ten, thatreason alone keeps people from allowing themselves to believe.

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.

Methinks love maketh men like Angels.

A great destiny needs a generous diet.... What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!

This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today, a competitive marketplace - that's an idea that both sides embrace.

Here is what we have to offer you in its most elaborate form -- confusion guided by a clear sense of purpose.

Unless you're really going to have a serious relationship, don't bring your kids into it. Don't show your child that people come and go.

If I'm in a corner, I like my corner. It's the coolest corner I've ever been in.

He who hoards much loses much.