In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.

Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the cold wind.

As soon as the seal was clear of the water, it reared up and its skin slipped down to the sand. What had been a seal was a white-skinned boy

Old wisdom out of the cluster of gathering shadows.

In summer, a soothing warm breeze on a beach is the most soothing music for the soul.

America is a tune. It must be sung together.

Geeks are generally the most interesting people.

If you really love, then you're willing to step outside of your own love to do that which is right.

The secret of making movies is having the strongest possible script.

The specifics of the platform, I don't think, are necessarily going to be written by Bernie Sanders, but the themes of the platform are going to be written by Bernie Sanders.

Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not that desperate," she said.

I never understood the point of juicing - I always thought I could get enough nutrients from eating fruit and vegetables - but now I'm a convert.

Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.

When we forget old friends, it is a sign we have forgotten ourselves.