Perfect young men don't get murdered, they don't even get born.

The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future.

the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.

Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.

Shrews are made, not born.

You can't drown your troubles ... because troubles can swim.

There is no such thing as an ex-exhibitionist.

When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none.

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.

I wish people would quit telling me to think. I think. Thinking's easy. It's not thinking that's hard.

Listen to your heart. It will lead you to a person you are looking for.

She fully expected to see a maniacal killer raising his arms with a plastic bag in his hands to suffocate her

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Jose [Mourinho] was one of those guys on a surfboard who can stay longer on the wave than anyone else.

I'm not in the business of reading tea leaves. I don't have a crystal ball.

Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves.

I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle.

I'm older, and I wish that a lot of things that I did in my life, I didn't do, but I'm able to talk about it.

If you have ever seen a four-year-old trying to lord it over a two-year-old, then you know what the basic problem of human nature is - and why government keeps growing larger and ever more intrusive.