The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Nature is saturated with deity.

Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.

Making personalized medicine a reality will require a strong partnership between 23andMe and the physician and medical communities.

I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!

Use the voice that you were given. Shout what you believe in from the top of your lungs. Never let anyone quiet you.

Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.

..the establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive that induced me to the field of battle.

Behold congenial Autumn comes, the Sabbath of the Year.

Every thought, speech, and action of a person influences everything in the environment.

People who wait for a magic wand fail to see that they ARE the magic wand.