It was a promise she knew I might not be able to keep. But I made it anyway because I was going to find a way to make it true.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

Be a bit of a challenge not because you're playing games but because you realize you're worth the extra effort.

The author observes the shift now that children are not a source of labor for the family, that they have gone from employees of the parents to the bosses of the parents.

The great pagan sadness of modern man is largely due to his premonition of ultimate disaster.

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

Not with dreams, but with blood and with iron, Shall a nation be moulded at last.

The unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a wide field full of beckonings

Life is unfair but remember sometimes it is unfair in your favour.

We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems.

I just love the energy of going into different areas of New York.