Maybe it's because he never had any control over what was happening to him as a boy. Being late was somehow a way of taking charge.

That was his favorite thing about books—they took you off to other people’s lives an’ places, but you could still set in your own chair by th’oil heater, warm as a mouse in a churn.

I can't say I have any confidence in confidence. I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough.

Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story. . . . Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91)

Strength is Life, Weakness is Death".

That's why I'm talking to you. You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect.

Well I have a microphone and you don't so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!

When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means of thought resuscitation.

The background looks like a lot of red cards.

Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit

You have to do bad things in order to become a hero. You have to make sacrifices.

We wrongly but persistently expect to make different decisions tomorrow than we do today

Panic leads to carelessness, and carelessness creates accidents.