The good and the bad, the sugar and the salt, the kicks and the kisses—what’s come before and what will come after, you and me—

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

What good has impatience ever brought? It has only served as the mother of mistakes and the father of irritation.

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take.

What is there that money will not do?

Government is about stealing and nothing else. That's all it's ever been about. That's all it'll ever be about.

Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content.

We are all equal on this floor, and a senator must keep his word.