I am beguiled by your physical beauty, and I am moved by how head-over-heels in love with books you are. And nowhere else have I found such thoughtful and literate reportage on the state of the American soul, as that soul makes itself known in the books we write.

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.

I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.

I don't reveal to her that I love her. I keep poker faced. She might as well be looking at a cantaloupe, there is so little information in my face, but my heart is beating.

Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe.

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.

What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do.