What about an amnesiac, who awakes having lost his memories and must learn of his past from scratch? Has he died? How can we be just memories? How does that leave us with enough?

I fell in loveand then I became love.

It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

Updike's style is an exquisite blend of Melville and Austen: reading him is like cutting through whale blubber with embroidery scissors.

Every other group helps its own members. Women should, too. Be sisters.

I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes that binds us to the best bits of life.

I was able to overcome this because of the fans who waited for me. I promise not to disappoint you anymore.

Sons love moms forevermore.

I'm friends with Hank Azaria. We were on a show together 800 years ago, and we laugh every single time.

Sometimes our tunnel vision is limited to what we see outside our window. Until racial injustice becomes personal then I don't think it moves us in our gut.