And if you were a spirit, and time did not bind you, and patience and love were all you knew, then there you would wait for someone to return, and the story to unfold.

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.

Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.

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.

They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.

If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.

Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.

And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.

And they'll vote for me because I'm the best liar, because I do it honestly, with a certain finesse. They know that lies and truth are very close, and that something beautiful rests between.

The mind is a maze that only you can conquer

On a hairpin turn, above the dead forest, on no day in particular, a white Toyota crashed into a black Mercedes, for a moment blending into a blur of gray.

Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.

I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract.

When they dumped all these people out of the insane asylums they didn't all go sleep in the street. Some of them moved into suburbia, and started writing postcards to the FCC.

Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.

Let the thick curtain fall;I better know than allHow little I have gained,How vast the unattained.

It's a game of making great pitches at the right time, being opportunistic by getting a run at the right time and playing good defense.

If we were to start today on an organized and well-supported space program I believe a practical passenger rocket can be built and tested within ten years.