Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

One can have a wit, but not a witless

Life before Death.Strength before Weakness.Journey before Destination.

I knew at that point I was more than capable of loving Jack - I was meant to.

She looked around her apartment which seemed to be waiting for something. Lana hated that, when the room was a pregnant pause.

What a privilege it is to live now, at just this moment, and to be able to go anywhere....

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I'm pleased to be with you. (Pause) That concludes my prepared remarks.

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

You think you know your possibilities. Then other people come into your life and suddenly there are so many more.

Some people out there don't have life.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

Why would anybody want a friend?

Steve [King] has been incredibly supportive. He's also really good about getting back to me when I have questions about plot or characterization.