This was how they learned their most valuable lesson about death - that after it there is life again, that things that perish will rise again, that after every ending there is another beginning — Sunflowers and death

If we let it change us then they will have won

This is not an ending of my choosing. From now on I will choose my own endings

Womanhood... not at all a pretty sight

He had never heard a name for such a person. Did such a hybrid thing even exist?

Promise me that you will not become a politician... promise me you will become a real revolutionary instead.

Choosing instead to step on a landmine and be blown to pieces

Marcus felt that their beauty was not to be trusted. It was a dangerous beauty

We are your family now

If people saw him building a giant pair of silver wings, then they too would believe that they could fly

You cannot break me. You see, I know for certain that my parents were capable of flight

Valentine loved the idea that flight was possible for someone like him. Valentine believed.

It is our reality, the way we live now, our truth. So of course we cannot acknowledge it, let alone print it

Height, width, and depth are the three phenomena which I must transfer into one plane to form the abstract surface of the picture, and thus to protect myself from the infinity of space.

I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.

An onion can make people cry but theres never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.

Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.

A shift toward access and service would deepen the big-box retailer's relationship to customers and win their loyalty. A service focus would bring more rewarding, frequent, and lasting contact with grateful customers.

Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences.

It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal.

I'm going to book-and-author dinners, and I'm the author!

Married, you're basically part of the herd, and that makes life easier in a lot of ways in terms of social support. But if you're not by nature a herd animal, you start to feel like you're passing.

I haven't got a real job.

November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude.

Books are more than educational they are the quiet friends loyal companions and untiring teachers.

Man, I really like Vegas.

In scouting you are combating the brooding of selfishness.

My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the pest.

I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.

Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.

I feel sick if I have to do something for the money. I can't breathe. I'm not proud of myself.

Habits gradually change the face of one's life as time changes one's physical face; & one does not know it.

If you get enough people believing one thing, it's like reality bends itself to allow that to exist.

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

The story of Airbnb is really the underdog story in many ways.

Video game fans are like nothing else. You can do so many movies or so many TV things, but video games is where there is just everyone.

The smallest gesture can mean to much to those who may need a little lift in their lives.