There's a reason prophets perform miracles: language lacks the power to describe faith. And you have to land on faith before you can even begin to hike around to its flip side, betrayal.

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.

Some things are too good. They make everything else worthless.

I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a secret they don't know me well enough to be told. It lets me judge their potential as a friend.

Language lacks the power to describe Faith.

Children are excellent judges of character, you know

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain

I'm interested in things women do that aren't spoken about. Manto's stories let me breathe. They make me feel like less of a monster.

Some men drink the blood of other men, all I drink is wine.

Pride tells me to give it back, but common sense tells pride to shut up, have a joint and relax. I shrug and put the note into my wallet.

John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess.

If you have laws that you don't enforce, then you don't have laws. This leads to lawlessness.

It is the same in love as in war a fortress that parleys is half taken.

Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.

Believe in God like you believe in the sunrise. Not because you can see it, but because you can see all it touches.

There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.

I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things, and then you go onto something new.

Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest.

Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.

My idea of a good novel was one you made enough money out of to buy a greenhouse.