Why would you stick someone you love down in a lonely hole in the dirt? Where it's cold, and dirty, and full of bugs?

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Sometimes you will bleed if you want to lead.

One key to student success: Learning requires effort and study.

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

It's easy to choose doing what you love when there are people out there supporting you.

I don't watch television. And certainly not ads; I loathe advertising.

As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone else under the [Barack] Obama administration.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.

Doin' nothing's a dangerous occupation.

What female heart can gold despise? What cat 's averse to fish?