Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to de...

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Elves are cool, man.

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

Songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality. Some different republic, some liberated republic... whatev...

[I don't get it. You guys look down on chimps for flinging their own poo but you think it's fine to fling other kinds of poo around? I mean, you get opposable thumbs and this is what you do with them?...

You think I don’t deserve him, I say to Cardan.He smiles slowly, like the moon slipping beneath the waves of the lake. Oh no, I think you’re perfect for each other.

You said yourself that the people of Luna need a revolutionary. She lifted her chin, holding his gaze. So I’m going to Luna, and I’m going to start a revolution.

Will ye come with me? he whispered.And she answered without hesitation. Yes, please.

Why do you weep, child? We of the Floating World live only for the moment, giving all our time to the pleasures of cherry blossoms and snow and maple leaves, the calling of a cricket, the beauty of th...

When Chief Black Hawk was defeated and captured in 1832, he made a surrender speech:I fought hard. But your guns were well aimed. The bullets flew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like t...

What is it like when you lose someone you love? Jane asked.You die, too. And you wait around for your body to catch up.

What i want to write about is the sea...It is my favorite thing, i think that i ever seen. Sometimes i catch myself staring at it and forget my duties. It seems big enough to contain everything anyone...

We all suffer from dreams.

To devastate is easier and more spectacular than to create.

Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of see...

They think they're better than everyone else.No, said Jace. I think I'm better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence. Kyle looked at Simon. Does he always talk lik...

There was a heavy, dark pause of vast significance.Which Jim broke by flashing his hands and belting out, Booga-wooga!At least Eddie laughed. Adrian flipped Jim the bird and headed to the fridge for a...