The shriek cut thinly though the drizzling dimness, holding for a long moment. At last it broadened and dropped to the old.

Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.

Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely.

Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes.

Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.

Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life

It'd be nice to have a new name, to start with, one that's not all worn out from being called so much.

For some, time passes slowly. An hour can seem like an eternity. For others, there was never enough. For Jesse Tuck, it didn't exist.

Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn't.

You dont have to live forever just live.

Leaders are not born, but made as a result of hard work

In politics all abstract terms conceal treachery.

Father Gregory laid a hand on his shoulder. "Sometimes life knocks us to our knees." His hand tightened briefly. "But that's a damn good position to pray from.

I went to Duke University in the medical track. And then I decided I wanted to do something more creative, so I switched to biochemistry at Nebraska.

I am not at home in myself. I am my own stranger.

There's no medical term for what I've got.

I had my baby around 20 and I was always working on music, but I was always working on music, but I was doing other stuff as well.

Communicating w/kids, its a 2 way street, sometimes they just need us to be there for them & listen.

Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!

To build a mass movement, nonviolence is indispensable.