Sometimes the good memories are just as painful as the bad ones.

Boy, did she love those idiots.

I will always believe in you. And that’s more powerful than memory.

Stories help us remember what we never want to forget.

I may forget myself, but you I could never forget.

But don’t we all deserve a chance before we’re judged?

As long as we are children, we have the ability to experience things around us--but then we grow used to the world. To grow up is to get drunk on sensory experience.

He only drinks when he gets depressed, ' said Carrot. 'Why does he get depressed?' 'Sometimes it's because he hasn't had a drink.

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

Nature is one with rapine, a harm no preacher can heal; The Mayfly is torn by the swallow, the sparrow speared by the shrike, And the whole little wood where I sit is a world of plunder and prey.

Don't be afraid to stand out. . .

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.

My city and state are Rome. But as a human being? The world. So for me, "good" can only mean what's good for both communities.

Nearly all novels are too long.

Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.

Over half a billion dollars a day is being spent by FEMA.