A tomato may be a fruit, but it is a singular fruit. A savory fruit. A fruit that has ambitions far beyond the ambitions of other fruits.

My heart spasmed among the peonies like a trout.

I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, 'It made me want to be a farmer.

Love is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it’s the very last piece, but you let him have it.

Silence is a protective coating over pain.

There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics.

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.

Always do what you're afraid to do. ... I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.

Love is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do it.

It is the story that matters, not just the ending.

The problem is I can think whatever I think but I still feel the way I feel.

Music fills the infinite to give us infinite joy.

There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.

Relax," Langdon whispered. "Do your piranha thing.

I have never gotten into the label thing.

I think one of the things we must constantly keep in mind is, 'If anybody hits you on one cheek, turn the other.'

What is working stain, does not soil.

There ain't no way to find out why a snorer can't hear himself snore.

It's always difficult for anyone trying to compete against their past achievements.

Exactly what part of that is supposed to make me feel better?" Though, honestly, hearing that she was jealous of me did make me feel a teeny, tiny bit better.

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.