The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.

I just sat there letting that music cover me like a big, cozy blanket.

Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.

We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own - my words are gone.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.

No more winter at all. Finch, you brought me spring.

If you want to give a light to others, you have to glow yourself.

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

Those who were high go down low, and those who've been low go up higher.

Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

Hope and fear are inseparable.

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.