...she would have walked all the way up to East Sixty-Third Street, and probably 163rd Street, if it meant pouring even more into this memory that wasn't a memory.

Love had to be deeper than that, than a glance over tea, which was indicative but not dispositive.

That's what novels are: They're amalgams of archetypes, collections of random traits one observes in other people through life, blended into fresh characters.

If you are staying inside your comfort zone, It means you are in a prison and that hinders your life.

The future is for everyone, not far, it's just tomorrow.

Because when you finally find the one against all odds, you give him your best and let the magic of the world carry the rest.

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

It was strange how you could never form any conclusion from what women said. It was not that they did not know what they were talking about, but you never drew the right conclusions.

1 billion people are permanently and seriously malnourished. Every five seconds, a child dies.

Original work has no floor and no ceiling. You can reach essentially zero readers or millions.

Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word. I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now.

A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.

Dignity is the reward of obeying your heart.