I looked at what he built, and to me it explained the stars.

Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.

What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common....

Later, with strange galaxies turning in slow gavotte overhead, neither thought the act of love had ever been so sweet, so full

You're a dangerous fool who should be sent west, " he told the unconscious man. "You have forgotten the face of your father.

The child, unhampered, does not waste time.

But there’s that thing with secrets, too, how they take over your head, feeding on your every thought, growing bigger all the time until the day comes they’re so heavy you can’t walk.

A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good.

The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.

To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.

I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn't have much hockey going on.

Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.

To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength.

The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward.

The naysayers, they don't mean a thing.