The summer night was settling upon the neighborhood like a dark lace veil, casting dappled shadows on the roofs and sidewalks and lawns.

When she awakes, she knows where she is. This place, this ancient place sears one’s soul with recognition. 'Heaven' seems an inadequate word for it, but that is what it is known as.

Seven a.m. on the first day of summer vacation was, to her mind, a dangerous time to be awake. Even God had to be sleeping in.

The city of San Francisco engulfed their view through the front windshield. The dazzling light of the late morning sun transformed every glass and metal surface into a silvery mirage.

Nor should failure be considered a total loss.

She was endowed with great beauty for all those attributes that were outside her control, but it was said that in all characteristics for which she herself was responsible, she was utterly wicked

I didn’t know what was more disturbing—the fact that something was obviously wrong, or that three faculty members of the world’s premiere spy school had forgotten to lock the door.

By creating conversation, we let our customers spread our message by word of mouth.

I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.

My ex-boyfriend can round last night, which was weird because I didn't know he was in a coma.

The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.

Power without guilt, love without doubt.

The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.

It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.