You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like.

Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.

You think it's so great to die and make everyone cry and carry on. Well it ain't.

Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed.

It's crazy isn't it?" She shook her head. "You have to believe it, but you hate it. I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful." She shook her head again. "It's crazy.

Let righteousness cover the earth like the water cover the sea!

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle. "It means that love is the most powerful force in the world. That love can do anything.

Memory has always been social. Now we're using search engines and computers to augment our memories, too.

You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness; then the light will appear and show the way before you.

I think philosophy is extremely good training for anyone who wants to do anything. Although that is an idea which people may speak scornfully of now, I think it does teach one to

Men are fools who forget what really matters while time goes by.

God is not only a divine person who we can address in prayer, but also a wide living space We human beings are giving each other space for living when we meet each other in love and friendship.

Love isn't rational, it's instinctive

I just would like to spend more time in New York City.

By honoring the lives of those we admire, we make our own values known.