There was a hazy damp film in his eyes that I recognized from emotions in old movies, projected large on darkened screens.

Maybe that was the secret to happiness, I thought, being free of the responsibility of yourself.

He was so far away now, or maybe he just looked distant because we were imaging different things for our future.

Tell me, is there someone in your life who's been sharing your life too closely? A friend or a loved one? Is there someone who's been taking up your time and not giving any of it back?

I did have a friend, ' I said.'And your friend trespassed upon you, ' the Wally replied.

There was no better way to live, or worse. It was all terrible, and you had to do it constantly,

I had seen the few things I cared about forget me seamlessly. I had seen the life I never really fit into heal up around my absence like a wound scabbed over.

There's a kind of pressure that your own life muscles onto you, to do something just like you would do, to behave just like yourself.

If you follow your heart, you will find your own sacred path.

Love preserves one moment for ever, the moment of its birth. The beloved never ages.

I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an opera in two days. I know people who can do it.

I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

'Helping industry' is the elephant pit of socialism, a deep hole with sharp spikes at the bottom, covered over with twigs and fresh grass.

When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.

My best quality is that I talk to everyone. My worst quality is that I talk to everyone.

I'm a staunch civil libertarian; I really believe that the individual is more important than any societal value.

If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.

When it comes to pay raises, Congress always plays the role of Grinch. The bill extends an existing pay freeze for Vice President Joe Biden, specifically, and senior political appointees broadly.