There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy

She had a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, like when you're swimming and you want to put your feet down on something solid, but the water's deeper than you think and there's nothing there

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Nuance is anathema to his thinking, which is why he can maintain such fidelity to his ideas in a-hundred-and-forty-character bursts.

Some people think the stars must look closer from up here. They don't. When you're up here, you realize how distant they really are—how impossible to reach.

Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?I don't know. I don't know.please.-Tris, DivergentCan I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?I want to be.I can.I believe it.-Tris, Allegiant

Being on TV and getting everything paid for are the two reasons to do it with us instead of the court of law.

I'm a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia.

Money is the source of the greatest vice, and that nation which is most rich, is most wicked.

There is so much talent out there and not quite as much opportunity.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.