There was no one color that could paint Lena Duchannes. She was a red sweater and a blue sky, a gray wind and a silver sparrow, a black curl escaping from behind her ear.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

May your life be filled with more gratitude.

It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit.

Don't confuse correlation and causation. Almost all great records eventually dwindle.

Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.

You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss.

Punk music is perfect for me because I'm not, like, a master at any instrument.

To become aware in time when young of the advantages of age; to maintain the advantages of youth in old age: both are pure fortune.

The leadership spirit possess a natural love for all human beings.

Change is automatic, Progress is Not!

The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence