We're more of a bag-and-tag operation.

I want to kiss you again, Tess.”“Why?”He chuckled, low under his breath. “Why? Because you’re beautiful, and because I want you. And I think you want me too.

Her music ran through him with electric energy, more joyous than anything he could remember and more painful than silver.

adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish ... the kind of war on which they are embarking.

Every girl needs a bestfriend to help her laugh when she thinks she'll never smile again

Anybody who takes Martin Luther King seriously has got to go beyond the standard understanding of who he was, has to connect those dots.

The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid.

Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not just a select few.

You have to be tough.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.