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who as a young person, like me, accepted being alone quite a lot. I think that this sort of person often becomes either a writer or a career criminal.

Some people think the stars must look closer from up here. They don't. When you're up here, you realize how distant they really are - how impossible to reach.

It's true that, as my brother grew larger, he also grew dangerous, same as my sister. But they're still ours and we want them back. They're needed here at home.

If I had a hundred kingdoms, I would trade them all for you, my dearest love. I was nothing until you.

Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.

Standing over her, I took the time to admire my handy work until I realized that I had just killed a potential meal. Damn it Bobbi, I snarled as I kicked her corpse. Look what you made me do.

Sometimes it is one step at a time, and things don't always work out the way we would like them to, but as you allow God to direct you He will bring you to a place of peace.

Not many people get every single thing they want plus all the things they didn't think to ask for in the same day.

This singularity of meaning - - I was my face, I was ugliness - - though sometimes unbearable, also offered a possible point of escape. It became the launching pad from which to lift off, the one...

Generally the thunder-storms came in the afternoon, but once I saw one at sunrise, driving down the high mountain valleys toward us. It was a very beautiful and almost terrible sight; for the sun rose...

We have big dreams - sometimes scary, unforgettable dreams that repeat on the same date every year and are shared by every person in town - but we make those big dreams come true. Remember the clock...

Lucien, women are wondrous, mysterious, and magical creatures, who should be treated not only with respect but with reverence, perhaps even awe. Now go sweep the steps.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess.

From long experience she knew that she wore her loneliness like armor. Very few people ever recognized it for what it was. To the casual observer it looked very much like arrogance. Sometimes it was.

He was massive, a veritable Arnold Schwarzenegger of a cat, with a wide, handsome face and a proud, lionish expression.

Like a man once said: 'I'm not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.' The

When you search for happiness, it flies away. When you serve others, you will find the way. When you share blessings and express kindness, You will find the source of enduring happiness.

If I ever hear that 'can't make an omelet' phrase again, I'll start doing a little murder myself! It's used to justify every atrocity under every despotism, Fascist or Nazi, or Communist or American...

The Democrats would like you to believe that the USA is the 'Greatest nation on Earth'. Is this true? The Republicans answer this question by stating there is a need to 'Make America Great Again'.

There are so many cities in every single city.

It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them.

Vinegar of the interrogator with the oil of a flirt

I have transcended that phase in my intellectual growth where I discover humour in simple freakishness. What exists is real; therefore it is tragic, since wherever lives must die. Only fantasy, the...

There is no such thing as playing someone else's character. Every actor takes a character and makes it his/her own while enacting it on screen.

All our wisdom is stored in the trees.

A city which belongs to just one man is no true city

Research is the creation of knowledge which leads to new and efficient solutions for society. Shiv Nadar University, therefore, believes in being at the forefront of research. To create new knowledge,...

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

We'd considered wearing uniform but Lesley said, what with her mask and everything, she'd look like a plastic cop monster from Doctor Who. I managed to restrain myself from telling her their real...

You call it madness but I call it love.