Is the work of sun worshippers to honor those who think they can see the sun? Or to worship the sun?

The bad thing about falling into pieces is that it hurts. The good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards you've got nothing left to protect, and so have no reason not to be honest

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

To me, it's a great day every time I receive a letter from somebody who climbed inside one of my books, inhabited it for a while, learned a little something, and emerged grateful.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

Music is just a word for something we love largely because it consists of things that words can't express. Likewise, the heart is just a word for something in us that music sometimes touches.

... the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.

Robert Kennedy was inspired to take on organized crime by watching the landmark movie On the Waterfront.

I don't love acting; I love chocolate.

To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.

Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.

Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream.

The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He now dare trust.

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform.

Sometimes when we’re in situations where we feel we’re not in control, we do things, especially things that take a lot of energy, as a way of making ourselves feel we have some power.

Took your car, drove to Texas. Sorry honey, but I suspected, you and I can't cry anymore.

We live in a science fiction universe. We have done for a long time.