It was a lesson most people learned much earlier; that even friendship could have an undisclosed shelf life. That loyalty and affection, so consuming and powerful, could dissipate like fog.

The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.

I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . .

Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy.

I open my heart to her and lay it on the table.

But his singing was unconscious and irrepressible - an expression of his native exuberance, the dreamy, buoyant soundtrack running through his head.

Once I was King of the Titans. Now I need a MedicAlert bracelet and a subscription to the Safe Return program. Can you put out a Silver Alert on a god? I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.

The best indicator of a man's philosophy is not what he reads or says, but the way in which he lives his life, the way in which he acts.

Dealing with one who feels smarter than you, let him assume that you ain't smarter than him.

Most of the time when you see a movie, the best character in the movie is not "the guy," it's the guy next to the guy.

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Wrestling is a performance. Its entertainment, we [wrestlers] tell stories. We make our fans happy by telling stories but the long and short of it its pretty much the same thing as acting.

Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

Every doctrine has a theory of the beginning.

Dan watched in awe. "I didn't know you talk Turkey." "I speak Turkish.

[Donald Trump] campaigned on repealing Obamacare.