One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

More and more, it was beginning to be borne in upon me what a particularly difficult chap Gussie was to help. He seemed to so marked an extent to lack snap and finish. With infinite toil, you manoeuvr...

Mr. Bhaer saw the drops on her cheeks, ... The sight seemed to touch him very much, for suddenly stooping down, he asked in a tone that meant a great deal, Heart's dearest, why do you cry?Now, if Jo h...

Murder, other than in the most strict forensic sense, is never soluble. That dark human clot can never melt into a lucid, clear suspension. Our detective fiction tells us otherwise: everything is just...

My volcano of compress anger was about to erupt in school, and it would take more than five years for my molten lava to be brought under control, which was through the loss of my sight. However, shoul...

It didn't excuse what he'd done. Even if he'd...saved me-I choked on the word-from having to refuse Tamlin. Having to explain.

It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it's lonely, because you feel you can't talk about it. You feel it's something between you and the body. You feel it's a battle you will never win...

Once, he added, you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.

Little girls get hurt when they play grown-up games.

Lo que me interesa señalar en el bellísimo final de «Trön...» es algo que encontraremos en muchos otros textos de Borges: la lectura como defensa. La quietud a la que alude la hipálage está en el acto...

Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum.

Sexual satisfaction eases the stranglehold of materialism, since status symbols no longer look sexual, but irrelevant. Product lust weakens where emotional and sexual lust intensifies. The price we pa...

Shadows. The world seemed darker when he said it.Every man who walks the earth casts a shadow on the world. Some are thin and weak, others long and dark.

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.

She was passionate about knitting because it allowed her to reach a state of peacefulness, and she loved to embroider because it let her express her creativity. Both activities were liberating. They a...

Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

Our herd may roam, but we all know where is home.

People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.