The song is languid and speaks of love and loneliness and loss. Why does love seem to go with the sad things?

And at that moment, a lilting melody lifts to the moon as a single sparrow sings.

The birch trees loom ahead like a brotherhood of ghosts.

Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. ~Song of the Sparrow

What place does a woman have here, in the realm of men?

Love is a tempestuous mistress. And none of us shall ever master her.

My sparrow, she flickers and wakes and sings and sings.

Merry Christmas, I whisper to myself. Merry Christmas, Nate.

I shuffle along, letting the current pull me, and i have the sense that I am like a rat caught in a maze of tunnels, moving endlessly toward some promise of...of what? Light? Life? Cheese?

Oh my gosh, he smells good, like some exotic but comforting spice, nutmeg or cardamom. Slowly Damian lowers his head to mine and I think my chest might explode, my heart is tap-dancing so qui

So, what's up with you and Damian?" Helena

[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Mantovani was a great influence on me.

I drink a lot of protein shakes and do a lot of weight lifting.

The number one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain their self-esteem. You don't hit a man on the head when you've got your fingers between his teeth.

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.

The world's holy texts are built on ancient oral traditions.

You know that you are. Don't burden yourself with names, just be. Any name or shape you give yourself obscures your real nature.

The problem is, when you're making an animated movie, the studio has an illusion in their minds - and it's really not true - that because it's a drawing, it can be changed at any time.