"On the shore lay Montezuma with his coca leaves and pearlsIn his halls he often wondered of the secrets of the worlds....The women all were beautiful, the men stood straight and strongThey offered life in sacrifice so that others could go on Hate was just a legend, war was never knownThe people worked together and they lifted many stones."

"Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches yo…"

"Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved."

"Odds that you will die at some point in your life: 1 in 1. Thus, you might say the greatest, most significant, and universal risk factor in death is being born. This implies that it really isn't very …"

"Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...you give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you or…"