Sometimes words come out of me and I don't know where they come from or why. They're like falling stars tumbling through the universe; bright, burning things that can't be stopped.

You might think what I tell you next is all a dream, or that I've imagined it. I can't help it if that's what you think, but I swear it's true. Sometimes the truest things are the hardest to believe.

Sometimes I can see colour without opening my eyes. I saw that Billy's heart was no colour and every colour. Like water or diamonds or crystals, it's pure and reflects the light.

Books are many things: lullabies for the weary, ointment for the wounded, armour for the fearful and nests for those in need of a home.

I didn't know what to say when someone's given you a small free kiss in the dark.

Running away was easy; not knowing what to do next was the hard part.

When the doors closed behind me I felt like a bird had got inside my chest and was beating its wings trying to get loose, and it wasn't leaving much room for me to breathe.

I wasn't going to let things happen to me any more. I was going to make them happen.

Then I kissed Max because I loved him, and everyone I had ever loved before had gone away and I had never kissed them goodbye

I don't make promises in case I can't keep them. Sometimes you can't help it; things stop you.

I saw pearls in her mouth and the velvet cushion of her tongue and I heard the magic words come out of her.

But even her demons she invested with inordinate beauty, consecrated them with the dignity of her attention.

Takan had never truly defeated Zyid. Zyid had given his life to calm Takan's soul.

One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way.

You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.

There's a ton of stuff we can do to help the economy and help the American people, and the aspirational working class of the American people.

This girl said "Yes" when I wasn't ready. I kissed her lightly and got so dizzy I had to sit down.

I love Neil Young. His songs were the first songs I learned to play, and I recommend anyone who is starting guitar to learn Neil Young songs first.

The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.

Resolutions aren't self-executing. Somebody has to provide the soldiers, take the risks, risk their blood and their treasure to go out and implement such a resolution.