The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

She could tell he was heading toward a bad place. She had seen him go there often enough, knew he had shortcuts he could take to get there in no time.

You can let go of all that stuff you thought was real when you know it's just a game. What a relief, what a state of grace that brings.

Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.

Your problems is that you think you have time.

I'm one of those people who tells my wife, "No coaching from the sidelines."

I think we have got to put fire under the feet of all kinds of people.

The Color Of Extraordinary.

Accumulate, accumulate! This is Moses and the Prophets!

I live in a room and I go to work and I play a game called getting through the day while you wait for the night.

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.