...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Chapter 27 Page 214

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

May God grant your a great grace to live the fullness of life in the coming year.

It's not always so easy, " she said softly."Why not? It's a part of who you are, isn't it?" he asked with all the sympathy of an asp being prodded with a stick.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

Comedy's my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn't really change the method of acting.

It takes many, many failures to reach success.

It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.

age has its own glory, beauty, and wisdom that belong to it.

My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage.

When you play the young girl a lot, you can be in the movie a lot and have nothing to do.