Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.

Iran is taking over Iraq. They've been trying to for many, many decades. And now they're finally taking over Iraq. As we sit here, they're taking over Iraq. We get nothing.

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

I know I'm not a saint, but I'm not the guy I'm made out to be by others.

Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.

An emotion that lives with me is a sense of what might have been had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon - speed.

We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish.

Trying your best to bring the water to your eyes, thinking it might stop her from woopin' your behind.

This is for anyone reading this who wants to explore it. Recognize the thought, "Afraid of loving," then gently put your hand on your heart to send a message of kindness.

The heart of a grass-roots campaign is the ownership.