Perfection all the time would drive them mad. For every perfect little town, there's something ugly underneath. No dream without the nightmare.

For every perfect little town, there's something ugly underneath. No dream without the nightmare.

Never assume you know where someone else is coming from.

So we all embark wondering what lies over the horizon, what’s around the next bend. And isn’t that, in the end, what drives us?

Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design to environment.

If you let fear take hold, if you let it own you, your life ceases to be your own.

We leave this life the same way that we enter it, totally alone, bereft.

The box isn't all that different from life. If you go in with fear, fear is what you'll find.

The search for meaning was the cornerstone of human disquiet.

When you were a child, I didn't tell you about the evil in the world, all that lay in wait.

I cannot separate the man you are now from the boy you were then, and it's killing me. I wanted everything for you, son.I still do.

Make your heart, your dearest home.

Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt.

The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.

There's something about her," Caire said in a low voice. "She cares for everyone about her, yet neglects herself. I want to be the one who cares for her.

You're talking about meaning. I want to talk about the picture.

I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to me and make up a story, instead of starting with details that are real and I know of and going from there.

Random Roles? Oh, I saw Virginia Madsen do this the other day! You see? I'm paying attention!

The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary.

Sure, they are the future of our world. Nike and Reebok need more factory workers every day.