The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

To get where you want to go, you can't only do what you like.

You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your badness.

What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?

Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere

To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.

Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.

They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.

How can I not believe that there is a God who exists and loves, when the people before me are infused with that love and pour it out daily?

But more importantly in my book of life, it's what you can't buy with money that is often more important than what you can buy.

The kiss grew into so much more than anything that had come before, unfettered by a time that strived to contain passion, born from perceived loss and glorious gain.

Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once.

He looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say "when."

I think that what people want from cable news channels is the sense that if there's hard news, it's going to come up immediately.

Liberation means no rebirth. Now, does that mean you don't reincarnate? Well, you never did reincarnate.

From no place can you exclude the fates. [Lat., Nullo fata loco possis excludere.]

Let's deal with each other honestly.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.