In the end, what really matters? Only kindness. Only making somebody a little happier for your presence.

I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.

It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me.

I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. -Loving Frank

What did a person need to survive? Food. Water. Shelter. Warmth in cold weather. And something else... books.

It's wonderful to feel desired. There's a sense of power in it, really.

I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials.

It's not good to live so much inside oneself. It's a self-imposed exile, really. It makes you different.

Tell her happiness is just practice, " he said. "If only she acted happy, she would be happy.

As he watches the sun rise, what grieves him is that he failed her. He thinks of the terror she felt. They tell him it was quick, as if that will somehow confine the horror.

She got up from the bed, knelt beside the bed, and put her forehead down on the covers. She was not practiced at prayer anymore. The only word that came to mind was "please".

Grace is as good as gold.

The transformation of a nation is impossible without God’s grace

The sadness began later, in waves as crushing as the contractions had been,

When you have made a catalogue of your friend's faults it is only fair to supply him with a duplicate, so that he may know yours.

The white saucer like some full moon descends / At last from the clouds of the table above.

I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me.

History and the generations to come will judge our leaders by the decisions they make in the coming weeks.

For the time being, technologies are colonizing our body through implants. We started with human implants, but research leads us to microtechnological implants.

When Xena finished I just really wanted to work with Shakespeare's material.

Good ideas have no value because the world already has too many of them. The market rewards execution, not ideas.