The Law is a grim, unsmiling thing. Not Justice, though. Justice is witty and whimsical and kind and caring.

Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.

The whole quilt is much more important than any single square.

...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.

World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps

...the face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no more room for crying.

Money can buy the necessary police order. Justice is sold to the highest bidder

In the end, it’s all a question of balance.

So we tell the same story, over and over. Just the details are different

Time had changed the magical to mundane

Distance was a dangerous thing, she knew. Distance changed people.

Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

I don't buy dreams, i buy actions

Women and foxes being weak are distinguished by superior tact.

All nature's diff'rence keeps all nature's peace.

Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me.

Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

For me, every day is a new thing.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?

Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.