History could hover, like a faint perfume or a memory stamped on the back of one's eyelids.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

Know the rules of child rearing!!Rule one: Physical strength!Rule two: Physical strength!There are no rules three or four, but rule five is physical strength!

Nothing is interesting if you're not interested.

It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.

I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror

The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor the zealous Paul, Who for their friends abandoned soul and all.

I worked my way through art school as an auto mechanic, doing various stuff including sanding bodywork and using Bondo filler.

I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.

African people need to stop shouting 'nationtime' until they are clear about the responsibilities of running a nation.

Your voice is worthwhile. Have faith in it.

Ideally, nothing should be shown, but that’s impossible.