Rebecca woke up with her knees hurting and her fingers ice-cold, and the specifics of her life returned to her as the dream disappeared: weekend, hotel room, Baguio, memory, memory, memory.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

Sometimes, when someone lives in danger for too long, the only time they feel alive is when death's breathing on their shoulder.

It's not necessarily a large number of people that affect the culture. You don't count the number of influential voices, you weigh them. A hundred people can affect the culture.

The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.

I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.

You might be a redneck if...you've been on TV more than times describing the sound of a tornado.

Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?

My mind wants to interpret All my dreams. My heart wants to love All my dreams. My soul wants to fulfil All my dreams.

I had been rejected, but I was still in love.