I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray.

...if more people had been organ donors, unwinding never would have happened...but people like to keep what's theirs, even after they're dead.

In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure, no matter how strongly we believe, no matter how deep our think tanks and how high our aspirations. But as anyone will tell you—for we all know this within our hearts—the impossible happens and grand cosmic mysteries are solved on a regular basis, although most of the time the solutions lead to even greater mysteries.

We'll never be ready. So I guess that means we're as ready as we'll ever be.

As your older brother, it's my sacred duty to save you from yourself." She brings her fists down on the table, making all the dinner plates jump. "The ONLY reason you're fifteen minutes older than me is because you cut in front of the line, as usual!

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

It's amazing that something as simple as a kiss can overpower the worst of worries.