These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.

It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.

The heart does not go backward. Only the mind.

When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.

It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it.

The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.

...History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries.

It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.

There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.

...what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stumbling on things we never meant to find?

Learn to be friendly and learn to welcome all people, but note however in doing so that it is not every hand that is stretched towards you that deserves your handshake!

No traveler e'er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.

People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me.

I have a trunk containing continents.

If you run a thousand miles a minute, you can expect to wear out a few pairs of shoes.

Find out what you don't want to know about yourself, what you're afraid of.

My mother has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room where she is being kept comfortable. Thank you for your continued support.

I mean yeah, your individual style is your impression to the world.