About the time you might start to think that science fiction - the real stuff, not the species of fantasy that goes under the name - is really dead, along comes a story by Cory Doctorow.

Time seemed to suspend itself, or cease altogether. Place faded away. There was only her self, the centre that endured through all times, all events, from the world, from its pain. Timeless, eternal.

True courage consists in being courageous precisely when when we're not.

Hey sky, take off your hat, I'm on my way!

If you have never failed you have never lived.

The more pride we have, the more other people’s pride irritates us

Many people on the street recognize me and are so positive...I am extremely passionate about helping others get healthy and I never feel bothered when fans stop and want to talk.

A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.

No disability or dictionary out there, is capable of clearly defining who we are as a person.

When I wake up, I'll go through emails on my iPhone - the junk email. At that point, my brain isn't usually awake enough to handle anything more than that.

Everybody has a different strategy, but everybody agrees that active management does not beat the market.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't driving around on a bus and having a campfire kind of adding to the environment problem?