The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not...

I will either be famous or infamous.

People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.

Writers like Jack Kerouac (who called himself an urban Thoreau) set forth to redefine and rediscover ways to live in America without slogging through what Kerouac called the endless system of work, pr...

You’re not exactly up for the Humanitarian of the Year award, so save your altruism for someone who can't see through you like cellophane.

Your coldness has ruined my life. All right, you didn't mean it, all right I was a schoolgirl, but you could have been kinder to someone who said they loved you, you could have been gentle and gratefu...

You may think your tribute is paid in secret in the recesses of your heart, but it will out. We are a curious species when it comes to worship. The things that dominate our imagination determine our l...

You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well-known everywhere in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him.

You have only seen the least of what I can do.

You cannot go to the cemetery and ask to be enlightened on matters of this kind, though it would ease my mind considerably if you could.

Why aren't you in school? I see you every day wandering around.Oh, they don't miss me, she said. I'm antisocial, they say. I don't mix. It's so strange. I'm very social indeed. It all depends on what...

Where did you get your tat? Aaron’s shop. You want to get a tat? he asked, grinning as if this was hilarious. I have one, I said, rolling the ball into the gutter. It’s not finished though. How come?...

Well, hi, CeeCee, I said. Hi, Adam. Nice of you two to drop by. Ever heard of knocking?Oh, please, CeeCee said. Why? Because we might interrupt you and your precious Jesse?Jesse, upon hearing this, ra...

We do not admire their president.We know why the White House is white.We do not find their children irresistible;We do not agree they should inherit the earth.

We are among the first peoples in human history who do not broadly inherit religious identity as a given, a matter of kin and tribe, like hair color and hometown. But the very fluidity of this—the pos...

Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat every day of his life is personal. They call it business. OK. But it's personal as he...

Theta rolled over, facing Evie, their noses nearly touching. Evil? Yes? I love you. Now, shut up and go to sleep.

There's good news and slightly less good news.

The want for that kiss had shocked him more than the interruption, and he fell back into the chair, cool and nonchalant as Quen came in with his questions and demands. He wasn't sure if he believed he...