A fish probably has no means of apprehending the existence of water; it is too deeply immersed in it.

Death is the end of a stage, not the end of the journey. The road stretches on beyond our comprehension.

Death is not extinction. Neither the soul nor the body is extinguished or put out of existence.

In other cases, when the medium becomes entranced, the demonstration of a communicator's separate intelligence may become stronger and the sophistication less.

Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure.

Matter moves, but Ether is strained.

Any person without invincible prejudice who had the same experience would come to the same broad conclusion, viz., that things hitherto held impossible do actually occur.

The properties which differentiate living matter from any kind of inorganic imitation may be instinctively felt, but can hardly be formulated without expert knowledge.

There is a conservation of matter and of energy, there may be a conservation of life; or if not of life, of something which transcends life.

But although life is not energy, any more than it is matter, yet it directs energy and thereby controls arrangements of matter.

Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.

There was going to be a spot for me in this joint, the earth, after all. It was never going to be a great match for someone as bright and strange as me, but books were going to make it survivable.

The most amazing journey on earth is the journey of oneself.

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

Poor cow, you'll get your dumb man. You'll see your whole life coming at you in the back of his hand.

My dad passed away before my freshman year, and it altered how I thought. I was depressed - I didn't hang out with my friends. I worked through it by dancing.

I spent a lot of time taking acting lessons Actors have no inhibitions, and Im inhibited by everything. To be able to make fun of yourself is a skill and a liberating experience.

The only way not to worry about the race problem is to be doing something about it yourself. When you are, natural human vanity makes you feel that now the thing is in good hands.

When you love someone, what they want is the best that you can give them.

Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action.

[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.