The substance of grief is not imaginary. It's as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things it can kill.

No other continent has endured such an unspeakably bizarre combination of foreign thievery and foreign goodwill.

A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.

Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.

Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.

I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.

Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.

Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.

God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.

If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business.

Queenie Hennessy - "I am here to die."Sister Mary Inconnue - "Pardon me but you are here to live until you die. There is a significant difference.

Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain steady through it all.

Dig deep into your heart, where the answer spreads its roots in your being, and ask yourself solemnly, Must I write?

The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it.

We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.

Each job you have has it's own challenges. One of the great things about my job, is that each film is a different journey.

I'll start with the Beatles, and I'll bookend it with Soundgarden.