“We live in a world of banal miracles.”

“All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is real; it's all part of the story...”

“He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.”

“What business does memory have with time?”

“Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.”

“This is a love story, Michael Deane says. But, really, what isnt? Doesnt the detective love the mystery, or the chase, or the nosy female reporter, who is even now being held against her wishes at ...”

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It aint no disgrace to be po...”

“Youve changed me forever. And Ill never forget you.”

“Eduardo Galeano notes that America was conquered, but not discovered, that the men who arrived with a religion to impose and dreams of gold never really knew where they were, and that this discover...”

“When you choose a man who thinks eight seconds is a long time, perhaps you need two of them. Hmm?”

“Tyler rounded the hood and opened the door. 'What?' he asked when she grinned at him. 'You've got a slide-over-here-honey seat!' His eyes crinkled with laughter. 'Well, what are you doing all the w...”

“Again the ranch is on the market and theyve shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, Give them to the real estate shark, Im out a here, dropping the ...”

“Well, normally Im against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big. Pete Seeger (on how he felt about attendin...”

“In summer the empire of insects spreads.”

“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.”