Only a swine thinks size and strenght are the same thing.

He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced.

You're the funniest thing she knows. That's why she always draws you in color.

It's been six months since she died. But Ove still inspects the whole house twice a day to feel the radiators and check that she hasn't sneakily turned up the heating.

He was never able to properly explain what happened to him that day. But he stopped being happy.

People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had.

Men are what they are because of what they do, not what they say.

You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away.

Because a time comes in every man's life when he decides what sort of man he's going to be: the kind who lets other people walk all over him, or not.

Housing projects can seem like labyrinths to outsiders, as complicated and intimidating as a Moroccan bazaar. But we knew our way around.

I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

One of my favorite things as a teenage girl was getting dressed up to go to shows.

I like having that juxtaposition where you can have a very triumphant sounding song and then throw in all this crazy imagery. That's part of the fun of writing, you know?

As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist

Continually reorder the mind and the mental structures, the ability to think in prescribed ways, to analyze in prescribed ways, and to stop thought for periods of time.

I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name.

I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.

What happens to us is not as important as the meaning we assign to it. Journaling helps sort this out.

Hell and heaven are within you, both gates are within you. When you are behaving unconsciously there is the gate of hell; when you become alert and conscious, there is the gate of heaven.