Either way, the view stabbed its way into his chest, as if it were trying to finish him off before he even landed.

Smoke rose straight up from the chimney, as if the house raised its hand. As if the house knew the answer.

It had always been a breathtaking view, the kind that made him inhale and forget to exhale . . .

This was the part of the road he knew best, the part his old blue Schwinn had known so well that at one time, the bike might have found its way back home without anyone riding it.

With all her finesse for cleaning, Snag sometimes felt that her biggest contribution to mankind was making a mess of things.

The TV shouted an old black-and-white film he didn't recognize, wheelchairs facing it like church pews.

Movies portray men as tough guys.

Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.

Forced to choose between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and tyranny.

Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody's got to stand up and be counted.

We are all accountable for ourselves. Think of yourself as a precious commodity, and then protect your investment each day.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized.

At some point in time, in the future, people are going to refer to the Step Up films as the films they grew up on. Hopefully, that inspires them to get in dance films that are being made.

If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 days - it's possible to do extraordinary feats.

I simply noted that one of the groups, especially exporters, would prefer to have a weaker rouble.