Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.

He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.

Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome.

But sometimes they all craved a little bit of danger, of excitement, of meaning, even if only to reinforce how very comfortable and secure their lives really were.

It was his eyes, so challenging and with a piercing look about them. They were eyes that trusted in nothing and they made her uncomfortable around him, self-conscious.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

True oneness is found in quiet meditation with nature.

A journey through nature is always a road thatleads to self-discovery.

They walked off down the hall in the direction of a sign that said Colored Waiting Room. Billie guessed white folks didn't have to wait.

Great business leaders of our time stand above the crowd not because of what they do, but what they don’t do.

The Big Bang banged, and for some reason we’re here. And that’s astonishing. And that we can understand that, that’s the most astonishing.

If no meant no then every man would die a virgin.

Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base

I am really the victim of other people's imagination.

The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.