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

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.

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.

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

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".

I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Definitely. The way I look is a reflection of who I am. That's how my music is too.

The closer the genetic relationship of the family members, as for example father-to-son, as opposed to uncle-to-nephew, the higher the degree of cooperation.

Algebra goes to the heart of the matter at it ignores the casual nature of particular cases.

The Republican program is the profit-protection program for the insurance industry It's a bill of goods, it's a bill of wrongs. Ours is a patients' bill of rights.

You can free things from alien or accidental laws, but not from the laws of their own nature. You may, if you like, free a tiger from his bars; but do not free him from his stripes.

A fantastic golf course and venue. It's one of those places that you always look forward to going back to...no matter how many times you have been there before.

Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.