If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.

I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.

It is no loss to mankind when one writer decides to call it a day. When a tree falls in the forest, who cares but the monkeys?

Possibly in the lobby she saw someone who reminded her too much of herself (that can happen to inexperienced travelers). Or worse. That no one there reminded her of anyone she ever knew.

We are past the end of things now, but I don't want to leave.

For writers - even sportswriters - bad news is always easier than good, since it is, after all, more familiar.

We do not, after all, deal in truths, only potentialities. Too much truth can be worse than death, and last longer.

The saved moment is the true art of love.

He was afraid of letting anyone know of his love, because if life had taught him anything, it was that love wasn’t a prize, it was a weapon. And he was so tired of being hurt.

Positive affirmation, positive lifestyle.

Because I feared I couldn't walk to Newton Centre without her, I needed to hike through desert, snow and woods alone.Childhood is a wilderness.

Life only demands from you the strength you possess.

All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.

The swing of art is circular, from form to formalism, from formalism to formlessness, from formlessness to form again.

To be a success in advertising you must want to fill other people with a passion for possession.

If we learn anything from the history of economic development, it is that culture makes all the difference.

When [Billy] Strayhorn came on the scene, he just blew us away.

... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.