The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in—as if he’d been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream.

He liked the grand size of things in the woods, the feeling of being lost and far away, and the sense he had that with so many trees as wardens, no danger could find him.

As soon as he had departed she directed her attention to the others.“I need a shielded containment box, radiation gloves and a micro welding torch. And a crescent wrench.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

Cos people think I'm on drugs and I'm not. I'm really quite... Just a bit of coffee. When I take drugs I start going, Oh, would you like insurance?

Make sure you surround yourself with positive people that will support you and push you forward and won't drag you down or get in your way.

A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.

What literature brings to our times is always the fact that literature refuses to bring any simple or easy answers.

Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead.

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.