They said words they did not mean, and their conversations seemed to follow all kinds of rules—rules that no one has ever explained to Oscar.

At each step there is a small moment of transformation that cannot be overlooked or rushed. And these moments should not be, because they are beautiful.

He's gone now. He did something terrible, but...he did good things, too. And he kept us well. And it's all right if you are sad.

This was not [him]. It was a thing, with all the [him]-ness gone from it. Death takes the person and leaves his shell behind, like a hollowed-out tree.

Someone who thinks of possessing a fountain made of a winged baby with water shooting out of its mouth must not have too many troubles.

It was a beautiful lie that they had all been telling themselves—that you could have magic without monsters.

He could still escape—the fear was in front of him, and all he had to do was wrench free and run in the other direction. But he kept walking forward, straight into its embrace.

Mr. Right' is usually two or eight men.

I probably use my chef's knives more than any other tool in the kitchen. I'm not married to a particular brand, because they all work, they all have sharp blades.

Some people say Bowie is all surface style and second-hand ideas, but that sounds like a definition of pop to me.

You had bands like D.O.A., or Black Flag, and a whole network opened up to trailblazer a counter culture movement. I'm more interested in the less sensational type of stories.

Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace.

Reality isn't a particularly good guide to human happiness.

Suppose you had a cross burning in a play or a movie... Would that be intimidating?

Her nightmare clung to her like the smell of smoke to cloth.

I think that people here expect miracles. American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan - but they don't know what to copy!

We may buy a little bit of a stock, to get our feet wet and get a feeling for it.