That’s what children eventually were for their aging parents: custodians of technology, free personal IT departments keeping them from disappearing forever from the universal cloud.

You know how hard it is to actually touch the world? To make a mark on it? You die and they bury you in it.

Women had cup sizes to track their development. Men had a ruler and hope.

Maybe, in the end, a home is a place where you have no other choice but to stay.

Everyone loves a dead artist. It’s the living ones that people can’t tolerate.

All your convictions come back to mock you when you reach a certain age.

I’ve always looked like this—in between. Is there ever an age when a person looks exactly like themselves?

Sometimes it seemed like the whole point of life was not to die the same death as your father.

Intelligence is Attractive, Kindness is Heart Melting, But a combination of the two is Irresistible.

We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.

They [Percy and Annabeth] held the Doors shut as the elevator shuddered and the music played, while somewhere below them, a Titan and a giant sacrificed their lives for their escape.

Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something.#Page: 120

Patience and perseverance are necessary in autosuggestion, as well as in everything else.

I wonder if it's possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.

Kaz's wilder work captures the great beauty of the human heart and the natural world.

When you choose a show you really don't know where it's going to go. Sometimes things let you down and sometimes things just surprise you and fulfill you way more than you thought.

They who look but little into futurity, have, perhaps, the quickest sensation of the present.

Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes.