“People were messy. They were defined not only by what they'd done, but by what they would have done, under different circumstances, molded as much by their regrets as their actions, choices they st...”

“Do you ever wonder why music brings a soul to surface? What makes beauty work as well as pain?”

“...something more than the sum of its parts-”

“We do it, Jackson, because compassion must be louder than pride.”

“Im willing to walk in darkness if it keeps humans in the light.”

“August stared at her, aghast. "Did I know that kissing you would bring your soul to surface? That - THAT - would have the same effect as pain or music? No, I must have missed that lesson."She stare...”

“I am a man, not a movement,” he said. “But if a movement is what it takes to end this war, then I will play my part.”

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”

“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move ag...”

“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. ”

“Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.”

“The hippy movement was a failure.”

“There is no sadder tale in the annals of architecture than the virtual disappearance of the defining architectural form of the Modern Movement - publicly sponsored housing.”