their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

There is justice in the world, Peter Lake, but it cannot be had without mystery.

Quite possibly there's nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That's when you learn that the tragedy of plants is that they have roots.

Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived.

The beauty of truth is that it need not be proclaimed or believed. It skips from soul to soul, changing form each time it touches, but it is what it is, I have seen it, and someday you will, too.

Small scenes can be so beautiful that they change a man forever.

Physical features count little unless they are illumined from within.

For the first time in his life, he felt exactly what he was, and he was not impressed.

She felt as if she knew the stars, and had been among them, or would be.

At least until there are new lakes in the clouds that open upon living cities as yet unknown, and perhaps forever, that is a question which you must answer within your own heart.

What are the obvious temptations and inclinations that consistently call me or entice me to go against my personal beliefs, values and standards? You don’t need a prophet for this!

No Scripture comes from any Supreme Creator.

How long before my dignity is reclaimed?

I think you'll find that one would be self-defeating." Jace said lightly shoving his feet into his boots. "We are bound, he and I. Cut him and I bleed.

Freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.

I haven't really been auditioning. For me is about finding quality work versus finding work. I get a considerable amount of offers everyday.

I try to listen to people, coaches and other pitchers, and see what they do and how they try to do it. Then I try to find a way that's comfortable for me.

I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.