It's the worst part of seeing old friends: when your rose-colored memories become undone by reality.

Lust: Which senator once reached for a handkerchief in his pocket and proceeded to wipe his brow with a pair of women's panties?

When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.

She wasn't tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.

So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.

The past may not hurt you, but it won't challenge you, either.

For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

We all live best in our imaginations.

This incompleteness is all we have.

This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.

I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.

It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I discovered that reading builds a life inside the mind.

Coming back to Israel is a homecoming.

The winter is kind and leaves red berries on the boughs for hungry sparrows.

None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public.

When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism.

. . . from what he knew about the Creatures of the Dark they wouldn't waste their time laying elaborate traps. They'd just eat someone.