It was more real than anything she’d ever imagined, and she clung to that in the same way that the sky clung to the earth.

No matter how bleak and black her existence became, the familiar sight of the moon restored something within her, small as it was—like tiny fluttering wings of flame beating back the darkness.

We all know pain, ’ Nate said. ‘It becomes a part of us… But it doesn't define us.

Your mind is your most important asset because it creates everything you have in life.

Death does not end my life, it opens the door to a life without end.

The traditional Confucian structure that invoked ideals of perfect human virtue for harmony must incorporate the rule of law for the modern era.

The only atheism is the denial of truth.

And terrorists who seek to harm our citizens will feel the long arm of American justice.

It's just amazing to do something that's part of a pop culture phenomenon.

In opera, there is always too much singing.

The stars in the sky are really other suns like our own, around which orbit other planets. (paraphrase)

My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom.

That will change over time the entire flow of information and the entire quality of knowledge in the country and it will change the way people will try to play games in the legislative process.