The living used to wonder what happened after death. She said that whole religions were born and evolved around this one simple uncertainty.

I sit with my knees pulled in tight and my arms wrapped around my shins. I can no longer feel my feet, as if blood refuses to spread so far from my heart.

I know in my life there have been breaches, but I also know that I am very good at blocking out the memories that serve me no purpose.

It's as if there is infinity between our lips and we will never actually touch. Like math, where dividing by half can last for eternity.

I will always need you, " I whisper. "All of this time I've waited for you. And you were never coming for me. Why did you let me wait for you?

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.

We can bring crews in from other areas, too. If Monterey is hard hit and Bakersfield, for example, is not, we can bring crews in from there.

I have sort of a love/hate relationship with LA. I wouldn't say that I love living there, but it's the place where I do the things I love.

For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.

I think a lot of people can get wrapped up in comparing themselves. And that's when the tragic downfall comes, because there will always be someone more beautiful.

Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little.

Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.

She was snatched back from a dream of far countries, and found herself on Main Street.

My own growth is a part of a group evolution, definitely. It does feel as if the changes in the group are meant to be, and that I am not as much a catalyst, so to say, but rather a result of this.