We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all.

It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.

It means that we should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over.

I had never seen a real live dead person.

When two people love each other, they do not comply and does not dominate, only complement each other.

By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat.

The strongest people in the world are the ones who think they're weak.

Lula, " I said, "do you ever think about getting married?"I guess I do. Doesn't everybody?"You have to let your husband kiss you once you're married. And you have to kiss him

I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy.

Learn to see what you are looking at.

I really liked Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls and a couple of others, but with these kinds of movies the best part is the 'talking about it over a beer afterwards' bit - and once is kind of enough.

There must always be a first," said Jem. "It is not easy to be first, and it is not always rewarding, but it is important.

This made her remember why people take up walking: It is because they no longer have anywhere to go.

A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.

Human beings should not be reduced to a state to where they almost get into a fight over a small bar of soap.

Women are always anxious to urge bachelors to matrimony; is it from charity, or revenge ?.

It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

You might think the word "homemade" is just a word we use as a marketing ploy. But what you don't realize is that the staff sleeps here at night. If your tablecloth is wrinkled, that's why.