I was all too aware that there's an unspoken law that you should never start to cry if you have too many reasons to do so. I told myself that my tears were due tot he cold, and I believed myself.

To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.

I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I only pack myself a little differently.

Boredom is fear's patience. Fear doesn't want to exaggerate. Only on occasion--and fear considers this very important--does it want to know how things stand with me.

I think you can't deny that because the cochlear implant exists, the signing world is shrinking.

Nobody would ever convince me that the bronchitis and pneumonia were caused by cigarettes.

I might not be in a relationship anymore, but I don't believe that people should have to lie to themselves just to make somebody else feel good.

We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

I think it's important for Americans to try to understand each other a little better.

He died in the middle of our conversation. How rude.

I tell you I'm dangerous and you want to put knives near me?" - Vaughn to Faith

Roads are no place for naive chickens dreaming of nirvana.

I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.

A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.