Thierry had no idea why they were called French doors. His native countrymen weren't stupid enough to put them in their homes.

You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious.

Yours is... il sent comme lavande." Is that French for 'You stink'?" It means 'lavender'." Huh." She sniffed at her wrist. "I thought I smelled more like a grape Popsicle.

There will never be another woman for me, Alexandra. You are my eternity. -Michael

“You have superpowers.” "I don't have supernerves,” she said, “so don't get on them.”

No battle was ever won by wholly sane men.

He had even read Pride and Prejudice--although he had thought that many of the heroine's problems would have been solved if someone had simply strangled her mother.

I am going down first. Of course you're going down first, you're the guy.

There is a god. Nothing as tragic and ridiculous as this world could have happened by random chance.

Come with me. It's so much better than coming alone. (Lucan whispered to Lena)

Give a poet a pen

They are but beggars that can count their worth

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

I do want an expensive honeymoon. Not because I'm extravagant, but because a honeymoon is a solemn, important thing ... a symbol. And it ought to be done -- well, adequately.

I didn't know how we were going to get jobs out of NAFTA, but I tend to be suspicious of these things, like NAFTAs and WTOs and so on.

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images

The smartest people in the world are not in charge, they work for the action takers.

Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

I don't have any real goals except to follow one good sentence with another... I'm not the kind of writer who has a map.

I've always played music because it just feels right and have been grateful for everything I have and the shows that I play. Even when I was playing coffee shops; it's how its always been.