I've never known of Wal-Mart to be a good neighbor in any town it's ever moved into.
To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.
Things are strongest where they're broken.
It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same.
Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.
We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?
But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.
It is uncomfortable to ask condemned people about their sentences just as it is awkward to ask wealthy people why they need so much money, why they use their wealth so poorly, and why they don't just get rid of it when they recognize that it is the cause of their unhappiness.
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
When Lila was born, "I felt like, now I've got a partner in crime".
I was drawn to the arts because I sensed that I was by nature Bohemian, and yet very conservative.