God take what He would, " she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who gave her freedom when it didn't mean a thing.

No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.

Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.

Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.

In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it.

if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away

You your own best thing, Sethe. You are.

She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.

Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.'Sethe shook her head. 'Soft as cream. Being alive was the hard part.

Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Outside, snow solidified itself into graceful forms. The peace of winter stars seemed permanent.

I am not going to pretend to write a love letter to another man.

Marriage can be a magnificent lesson in becoming our best selves that is true.

I've done a few old-style romantic leads now.

If we truly want to end youth homelessness... then we have to invest in prevention and support communities as they work to implement these life-changing efforts.

As you learn to TRUST YOURSELF something miraculous happens. You begin to TRUST THE PROCESS you are living and the miracles life brings!

I know that eventually, I'll have to change my life and my career, but I've got a lot of good years left in me yet.

If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.

Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.

Is it really credible that random processes could have constructed a reality...which excels in every sense anything produced by the intelligence of man?

These two clubs had a monopoly of the domestic honours last season.