No one's life made sense on paper. You cannot condense a person into facts.

The woman looked out at the madness of the world and dared to hope. Her eyes were burning coals of stars.

All photos speak a thousand words. This one contained a library.

As long as we don't cut off our hearts, the inner workings of the universe illuminate before us.

Stop listening to the TV tell you about America the beautiful . . . get up and be America the beautiful.

We've got to make change our national pastime and hold protests more regularly than weekend parties.

A freedom given up is not so easily regained.

The Earth was singing her revolution. She was calling her brave men and women to her defense.

This isn't about keeping mountains looking pretty. Ending mountaintop removal is about keeping humanity alive.

Geography and mileage mean nothing. Separate is a single word that covers all distances that aren't together.

The world's not getting any stranger.We are!

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

If you really think you have something good, you can't take no for an answer. You've got to get in there and ignore the people who say no.

I got schooled this year by a boy. A boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly, and undeniably in love with. And he taught me the most important thing of all... To put the emphasis On life.

In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.

If you bring your sexual impulses to your creative work... you'll be working from deep in the genetic code, down where life wants to make new life and feel good in the process.

The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of.

Inner happiness actually is the fuel of success.

Criticism polishes my mirror.

The chief imagination of Christendom, Dante Alighieri, so utterly found himself That he has made that hollow face of his More plain to the mind's eye than any face But that of Christ.