The Forty Rules of Love is a wise, joyous page-turner... and one that speaks urgently to our war-ravaged times.

Liquor is the kiss of the angels as well as the curse of the devil. It can conceal but also can reveal

Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened.

Tomorrow. The word hangs in the air for a moment, both a promise and a threat. Then it floats away like a paper boat, taken from her by the water licking at her ankles.

You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you're in a beautiful place and the sun is going down

So all I'm saying is, everything that seems important--our quarrels, or philosophical differences--in the end, it doesn't matter much. You know? In the end, what matters is what remains.

Her hands were empty now, as empty as her heart, which itself was a coconut shell with its meat scooped out.

but her mind feels feverish as it races through the crowded hallways of the past

Why worry, if today be sweet'?

Think of how far you've come, " Maggie said softly. "And then ask yourself how much farther you wish to go

Resolutely ignoring Banu's dark mutterings, steeling herself against the barrage of harsh words that questioned her motives, her upbringing, and her morality

If the sky was the limit, none of our heroes would have reached the moon.

Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.

It would be naive of me to suggest that with Russia committed militarily, as it is, to supporting what in many cases are barbarous tactics by the Assad regime to crush the opposition.

I dont know," said Simon, "it doesn't sound so bad to me. I'd rather have someone mess around inside my head than chop it off." "Then you're a bigger idiot than you look.

Real computers scared me; if you can find Them, then They can find you.

I have a really high bar for being angry. Like, it doesn't even happen every year.

Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!

Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.

He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil.

Tolling plan is a wonderful opportunity for political pandering, and some candidates are taking full advantage of it.