You can tell when something's not moving forward anymore. When the doubts you have about it don't go away.

We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.

When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them.

Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly

It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water.

In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws.

Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.

You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn't bother you so much.

It was like autumn, looking at her. it was like driving up north to see the colors.

She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.

You can only die once, to make sure it's worth it.

Our eyes see only that which language can explain, but our hearts see that which is invisible and unexplainable.

Service rivalry leads to service pride, which is good for building morale and esprit.

The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.

You can attract only that which you mentally become and feel yourself to be in reality.

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out.

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.

A good story can take you on a fantastic journey.

Writing software that's safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting.