They all lived so steeped in fear that the losses they had yet to suffer had already consumed them.

That's the strange thing about a good story. No pleasure if you can't share it.

With no other choices open to us, we'd turned our gaze seaward. The oceans were our America: they reached farther than any prairie, untamed as on the first day of creation. Nobody owned them.

They were probably scared of him and so they did what boys do around any object of fear: they went up close, pointed a finger, gave it a nickname, and masked their terror with roaring laughter.

There was plenty for the eye to feast on, but nothing for the soul. He had a hunger for something that no sky could satisfy. Somewhere on the planet there had to be a different kind of light.

Nature was neither fair nor unfair. Those terms belonged to the world of men.

Your roots aren't to be found in your childhood so much as in your child. It's he who provides your link to the world, and home is wherever he is.

Loss was a night that never ended.

We were familiar with the line that separates grief from madness, and we know that sometimes the only way to stay on the right side of it is to scream.

Her grief was a burden so heavy, he came close to collapsing under it, and yet he couldn't lay it down.

Is there anything more heartbreaking than drowning in sight of land? Is there a single one of us who hasn't at least once felt haunted by the fear of slipping away within sight of a safe haven?

No one cultivates in a stony-ground, instead he cultivates in a soft-rich ground. Do not expect people to invest in you if you're a lazy type.

The soldier's body becomes a stock of accessories that are not his property.

I know what it's like to struggle for cash. When I went to drama school, I worked as a chambermaid to make ends meet.

I enjoy Modern Family very much. Good TV program. I don't know why. I just find that so many of the jokes land. So many of the actors are so great. Phil Dunphy is one of my favorite characters ever.

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy.

There's a fine line between cultural criticism and bitterness.

No company or organization filled with unhappy people will ultimately rise to its highest potential.

I don't think there is much history can say about me. I just want to be remembered as part of that collective.

I do a lotta trash talking to keep me motivated, to keep me to not want to lose.