No word of commiseration can make a burden feel one feather's weight lighter to the slave who must carry it.

In the wide pile, by others heeded not, Hers was one sacred solitary spot, Whose gloomy aisles and bending shelves containFor moral hunger food, and cures for moral pain.

Wounds sustained for the sake of conscience carry their own balsam with the blow.

There is no life without death.

'Twilight' has ruined me. When this is all over, flying internationally is going to be very hard for me. It is just not worth it to buy a first-class ticket, because of the cost.

If the 19th [century] was the century of the individual (liberalism means individualism), you may consider that this is the "collective" century, and therefore the century of the state.

This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words.

Because a garden mean constantly making choices, it offers almost limitless possibilities for surprise and satisfaction.

Remember, just because Microsoft can do something, doesn't mean you can. Microsoft makes their own gravity. Normal rules don't apply to them.

Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity.

Because I work with so many people on the east coast, I get some work done before I get the kids up.

Oh, Snap," I say. "What?" "Sorry. I was flashing back to 2005.

Say yes to your self. Say no to your anti-self.