Anybody can act violently - there is nothing to it; but not every person is able to destroy his enemy with words.

As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.

I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death.

But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.

Because if you weren't born white, you were forced to see differences; or if you weren't born what they called normal, or if you got injured, then you were left to explore the world of the different.

But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.

the ancient people perceived the world and themselves within that world as part of an ancient continuous story composed of innumerable bundles of other stories.

What is it about us human beings that we can’t let go of lost things?

You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.

Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.

The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.

I love you. I love you both so much.""To the moon and back?" Alice asked."Oh my God, " Georgie said, "so much farther.

Do you Believe? Do you Fade like a Dream?Let me hear you BREATHELet me watch as you sleepThe Sparrow's Eyes... Promises shift into judgmentsI cannot deny that you were designed for my punishments

I don't intend to stop showing a little cleavage. Nor do I intend to stop flashing a little thigh.

I enjoy the friendship and companionship of others

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws.

He's a scoundrel, young Brad Pitt, who led me, his elderly colleague, astray more than once.

What they say about footballers being ignorant is rubbish. I spoke to a couple yesterday and they are quite intelligent.

Memories - you can't escape them, but you can't let them rule you either.

I stopped living according to my core values. I knew what I was doing was wrong but thought only about myself and thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.

The history of discovery is full of creative serendipity.