I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved countr...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of p...

The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or...

You are where you need to be. Just take a deep breath.

When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always...

If I lived a million lives, I would've felt a million feelings and I still would've fallen a million times for you.

We are seeds as well as parasites to the earth. We can either give or take, depending on our perception of growth.

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?

Adults and pups alike, they surrounded her in the greeting ceremony, licking her face and wagging their tails. Brokefang let the girl hug him fiercely about the neck and nuzzled her in reply.

After Tyler and Marla had sex about ten times, Tyler says, Marla said she wanted to get pregnant. Marla said she wanted to have Tyler's abortion.

Al was cruel, vindictive, angry, elegant, powerful. He gave me strength, he gave me wisdom, not only about magic, but about myself. He was a lot like Trent, only harsher around the edges.

But della Rovere frowned and said, Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church.

But there is no energy unless there is a tension of opposites; hence it is necessary to discover the opposite to the attitude of the conscious mind.

Annabeth: Hey, Seaweed Brain.