Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

I stare at her for a long moment. I want to kiss her. I want to kiss her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?

When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.

With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.

I scan the room. Catherine is writing quickly, her light brown hair falling over her face. She is left-handed, and because she writes in pencil her left arm is silver from wrist to elbow.

You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of.

Is where you're from the place you're leaving or where you have roots?

The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.

Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.

After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled.

It's no shame in reaching second or third base if you aimed for first base.

A word to the wise an't nesisary its the stupid ones who need the edvise.

As important as it is to work very hard on your dream, it is even more important to ensure that you are working with the right plan.

So long as I believe I have to do certain things I will just go right ahead. That's how I run my life.

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

I'm passionate about being true to myself, sending good energy to the people around me, traveling, staying inspired, being a good friend, being a good daughter, being a good sister.

Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year-old what he is doing is a charlatan.

I would feel much the way I feel when anybody is elected. You deal with what you end up getting.

I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.