Annie looks dreamy, but she always does because she can’t see farther than three feet away. Elizabeth looks vaguely angry, but she always does because she can see farther than three feet away.

It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.

Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.

I whisper like the sea in the horse's ear.

The tourists always seem to want something. On Thisby, it's less about wanting, and more about being." I wonder after I say it if he'll think I sound like have no drive or ambition.

It's a strange thing, to be talked about instead of talked to.

I am so, so alive.

I lost a horse today.''That sounds careless. What happened?''She jumped off a cliff.''A cliff! Is that normal?

Boys", she says, "just aren't very good at being afraid.

He keeps getting older while I'm not paying attention.

The truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her: She's both a mirror of myself and a door to part of this island that I'm not.

It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.

those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend.

Last time I was in Canada Celine Dion had just given birth to identical twins. Which is quite an achievement given her age and face.

Humans are lonely creators. Humans always desire and yearn for others. Humans thirst for ambitions. When things don't go their way, they start thirsting for it even more.

Want to increase innovation? Lower the cost of failure.

The Supreme Court's 1947 decision which introduced the wall of separation between church and state 'has fueled a movement to sterilize anything in American public life from religion.'

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.

I've never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.

Giving is like a muscle. To be strong, you have to exercise it, and to grow as a person, giving is the exercise. You can't really enjoy anything without sharing it.