one could drown in irrelevance.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Love me for who I am, not what you want me to be.

I can't make eye contact when people sing 'Happy Birthday' to me.

All I've ever needed is myself.

How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?

If we take care of the business and keep our eye on the goal line, the stock price will take care of itself.

I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park.

I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.

Give us courage and gaiety and the quient mind . . .

The Limbaugh Theorem was not about me giving me credit for something. It was simply sharing with you when the light went off.

I want to live. I didn't have time to die.