This is what happens when you live in dreams, he thought: you dream this and you dream that and you sleep right through your life.

If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events.

Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.

And even if they don't find what they're looking for, isn't it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?

What business does memory have with time?

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.

Hi, I'm Day. Hi, I'm June.

God has his poets

The union of lakes - the union of lands - The union of States none can sever - The union of hearts - the union of hands - And the flag of our union for ever!

The heavens declare the glory of Kepler and Newton.

I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from - the penitentiary.

That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad.

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.

Surrender comes when you no longer ask, 'Why is this happening to me?'

Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time.

This woman [Hillary Clinton] has been in public, has been a nationally known figure for over 30 years. Why does anybody have to tell us who she is? And why does she need to be "humanized"?