And the sun on the wall of her room, the block of sun with all the tiny flying things in it. When she was little she thought they were the souls of dead insects, still buzzing in the light.

Old Scully, who according to Jennifer, hadn't the imagination to think the worst. Something she said once, as though neurosis was an artform.

There's things that have no finish, Scully, no ending to speak of. There's no justice to it, but that's the God's truth. The only end some things have is the end you give em.

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

A day's work is a day's work neither more nor less and the man who does it needs a day's sustenance a night's repose and due leisure whether he be painter or ploughman.

I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health care plan.

If someone says, "Katie, you are out of order," over something I've said, or, "Katie, you are wrong," if I defend myself or justify myself, then I have just started the war.

For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else's face.

If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses.

Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.

I take New Years with a grain of salt and three aspirins.

I'm extremely, extremely lucky to be who I am and do what I do and work with the people I work with. Even though I can always find something to complain about, I find it very hard to complain.

Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.