Creativity and ideas fired between every synapse underneath my skin and I felt radiant from the inside out.

Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas and pursue our abstract imaginings.

When I was young I wanted so much to be like her. What a blessing are those moments when there is nothing to worry about, no thought of trouble or grief in the world.

I could feel their grief as if it were a beast holding us down.

Maybe attraction was aligned in heaven before our birth because there was no other way to explain my feelings. There were millions of boys on the earth. Why did it feel so strong?

If we were rational creatures we would never get out of bed or live or love.

Her smile could wash away a thousand doubts as soon as light up a room.

I sometimes think that animals are incapable of the kinds of cruelty that humans willingly inflict on each other.

Don't you find it strange that your mother would leave you?' Becky said. 'I can't imagine my other leaving me.'I'd never thought of it like that before. 'I don't think she knew what else to do.

But sometimes I wanted to feel like a child, to know that he would stand in front of me while waves crashed towards us or arrows come at us.

Standing there, that day, I felt like Sally was being torn from my skin and there was no way I could ever fly free, without her right beside me.

If you don't know what it is you're looking for you're NEVER going to find it. You have to be clear on what it is you're seeking.

Fire is calling my name. It is whispering words of encouragement, sweet things. It wants out, for me to fan the heat until it’s a vortex that can’t and won’t be stopped.

War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.

He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62.

Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.

Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.

To what shall the character of utility be ascribed, if not to that which is a source of pleasure?

Glaswegian ebola patient moved to London's Royal Free Hospital. Not so independent when it matters most are we jocksville?

Running is for animals. You need a brain and a ball for football.

Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.