It'll be okay." She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?

Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.

You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won't overtake you.

You have to know where you were going in order to get there.

Turn the page, continue reading, and let the next story begin.

No. We breathe. We pulse. We regenerate. Our hearts beat. Our minds create. Our souls ingest. 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.

There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it?

Mrs. Reed grabbed Kayla's wrist. "Good. You haven't gotten that damned tattoo. Whatever you do, don't let them make you get it.

We humans can never claim to do nothing, we breath, we pulse, we regenerate.

And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He died.

Birds fascinated her. How did they do that, seeming to fly with one mind, each of them able to anticipate what the others would do?

It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with.

Are you depressed?""What? I don't know. Probably. Isn't everyone?

Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.

The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.

I want somebody who sees the pointlessness and still keeps their purpose in mind; I want somebody who has a tortured soul ...some of the time

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things.

There's something about her," Caire said in a low voice. "She cares for everyone about her, yet neglects herself. I want to be the one who cares for her.

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.

Advertising is saying you're good. PR is getting someone else to say you're good.

When you do something that you know is authentic - embrace it, run with it, and trust yourself before the critics.