The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as well.

What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?

I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.

Everything can't be explained by some general biological phrase.

Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, thought I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.

It hurt. It hurt like hell. But it didn’t matter, if no one knew.

To remember is to disengage from the present.

It is within science itself, and not in some prior philosophy, that reality is to be identified and described.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

You must have faith in God.

Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping.

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

Gerry Lopez was a famous surfer back then and his board had a lightning bolt in the in the middle, so my Dad made me a surf/skateboard with a lightning bolt on it.

We are going to Baton Rouge and one of the most storied stadiums in the country, a place I can truthfully say is the loudest place I've ever been.

The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.