A red brick Presbyterian church... captured by kudzu vines as surely as a butterfly in a net.

Discover that we are capable of solitary joy and having experienced it, know that we have touched the core of self.

From beginning to end this is a wet and blood smeared voyage, this begetting and birthing and moving away.

The hot, moist smell of babies fresh from naps.

... as Eskimo language is to snow, so archaic English is to 'metal objects designed to cause harm'.

Women endowed with remarkable sensibilities enjoy much; but they also suffer much.

You can't always come up with the optimal solution, but you can usually come up with a better solution.

People think you're crazy if you talk about things they don't understand.

The price of peace is eternal vigilance

People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy.

Leo couldn't help smiling. "That could be fun." "Fun" she said unhappily. "Blue elephants." "Blue elephants." "Kiss me you fool." "You fool.

What really put me over the top was receiving a packet of hundreds of hand-written thank you notes, telling me how the kids were inspired and excited about the [Cube] project.

Strong communities ... embrace change. New discoveries require us to think differently and approach things differently, to think anew.

I'm not real huge on horror films, but there's something really special about this.