The oldest emotion in the world may be that of being moved; but to describe it-just to name it-must have been like trying to catch something invisible.

...we take comfort in the symmetries we find in life because they suggest a design where there is none.

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.

What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

She struggled with her sadness, but tried to conceal it, to divide it into smaller and smaller parts and scatter these in places she thought no one would find them.

To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without.

So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.

Only after beggary (bhikh) goes away completely, can one see this world ‘as it is’.

Some wo/men are so possessive … you end up missing missing them.

I loved her. I loved her with a something so fierce I couldn't even name it.

There is no revival possible in any fellowship without a price being paid.

I really love 'Soapdish.' I wish 'Soapdish' had more of a moment because I felt that that is a really strong, funny movie. Kevin Kline is hilarious in that movie.

People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.

I don't particularly like photos of myself, though.

A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.

I think that in school I was really shy. And even today when people meet me they are shock to see just how not-crazy I am.

We are like people with short-term leases on summer cottages; we can never seem to make our provisions come out even with our stay.