To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.

No other continent has endured such an unspeakably bizarre combination of foreign thievery and foreign goodwill.

A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.

Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.

Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.

I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.

Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.

Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.

God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.

If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business.

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

For every worm beneath the moon Draws different threads, and late and soon Spins, toiling out his own cocoon.

When a man, a woman, see their little daily tasks as integral portions of the one great work, they are no longer drudges but co-workers with God.

You can't show a four-hour movie in a theater, really.

Young fellows will be young fellows.

Every life is a dilemma that must be solved by the person living it.

You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself.

Holmes serves as an ideal model of how we can learn to see and think better.

Reality is a question of perspective.

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.