I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not happy with.

No love is greater than that of a father for His son.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

I love the gray area between right and wrong.

Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

Neutrinos have mass? i didn't even know they're Catholic!" Robert to Vittoria

…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.

Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.

The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

Writing is a journey into the unknown.

Europeans call it socialism, Americans call it welfare, and Barack Obama calls it change.

I was drawn to the arts because I sensed that I was by nature Bohemian, and yet very conservative.

If you would be chaste, you must be temperate.

I try to see every day as a celebration.

When a lost loved one appears before you, it's your brain that fights it, not your heart.

My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.

Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.

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