Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature.

We all have the capacity to find the will to do what must be done - even when that which we must do terrifies us most. Remember this.

We would all believe in God if he served our every whim. Belief is not about an easy life or even truth. Belief is something you have regardless.

Love is all the small moments. It is what fills the quiet.

It's time for you to know who you are

If I spent all my time fearing the things I should, I'd never stop screaming.

Remember always, everyone has a place of perfect belonging, and if they leave that place without permission, sometimes they must be returned.

Even the greatest bringers of justice will only find salvation in surrneder

I'm tipsy." I corrected, "and it's my birthday and I want to dance. Come one, Linc, it won't kill you.

Did you ever think we would be anything other than unbelievable?

Gus leaned back in his chair, appearing satisfied."Good, " he said. "Cause Maggie's all the nightmare I can take."I smiled. "Gus, I never knew you dreamed of me." He gave me a one-fingered salute

Beneath the rust and grime which dulls the shine of our weathered hearts, joy patiently waits to be rediscovered

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people like the Chekhov story The Lady With the Little Dog.

The paradigm of physics - with its interplay of data, theory and prediction - is the most powerful in science.

What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.

It was easy to cover up ignorance by the mystical word "intuition.

There's a lot of funding of the media and film in particular, literary publishing gets recognized as culture. I think fashion should too.

Well, well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay our taxes, And as the veering winds shift, shift our sails.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

There is nothing normal about a musician's lifestyle; I don't have a nine-to-five job at the post office.

Every ripple on the ocean, every leaf on every tree, every sand dune in the desert, every power we never see.