You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends

Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective.

Are you just a car salesman or are you a poet too?” “I've never been accused of poetry before.

First he threw out all of his records, trashed his heart and then he went to sleep.

When billionaire car dealers or manufacturers pay for ambassadorships, at least they pay with money earned by selling something of value.

In non-fiction you have to stay true to historical events, be they personal or national .

Because I'm a democrat! The will of the people is sovereign.

A lively faith will bear aloft the mind, and leave the luggage of good works behind.

There's always the threat of "spiritual one-up-manship" that we must avoid.

People were going to geometry class and I was swimming through vats of chili on 'Even Stevens.' It was like a dream!

I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.